Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
2007-07-31
Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 49(12B):B103-B107, 14 November 2007
Physics
Plasma Physics
Six pages, two figures. To appear in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
Scientific paper
10.1088/0741-3335/49/12B/S09
The ionosphere is the only large-scale plasma laboratory without walls that we have direct access to. From results obtained in systematic, repeatable experiments in this natural laboratory, where we can vary the stimulus and observe its response in a controlled, repeatable manner, we can draw conclusions on similar physical processes occurring naturally in the Earth's plasma environment as well as in parts of the plasma universe that are not easily accessible to direct probing. Of particular interest is electromagnetic turbulence excited in the ionosphere by beams of particles (photons, electrons) and its manifestation in terms of secondary radiation (electrostatic and electromagnetic waves), structure formation (solitons, cavitons, alfveons, striations), and the associated exchange of energy, linear momentum, and angular momentum. We present a new diagnostic technique, based on vector radio allowing the utilization of EM angular momentum (vorticity), to study plasma turbulence remotely.
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