The glow of the night ionosphere due to energetic ion beams |
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Authors: | TG Adeishvili TI Gagua GG Managadze |
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Institution: | Space Research Institute, Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., High Education Ministry, Georgian S.S.R., Kutaisi Polytechnical Institute, USSR |
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Abstract: | This paper discusses photometric measurements made of the ionospheric excitation of the line at the time of electron beam injection from a rocket into the Earth's ionosphere. The gradual increase of the glow intensity per impulse occurs due to accumulation of the energy of excited states of N2(A3Σ+u) and O(′S) during their lifetimes. The large disturbed zone in the near-rocket environment (size >500 m) is connected via the interaction of ions accelerated in the rocket potential field with ionospheric components. The glow intensity modulation is observed at a height of ~98 km during the electron beam injection simultaneously with the ignition of the beam-plasma discharge (BPD). The intensity minima are explained by a decrease of the energy of accelerated ions due to effective neutralization of the rocket body by the BPD plasma. The height profile of the glow intensity revealed two maxima at heights of ~103 km and ~115 km. The second maximum (at ~115 km) indicates that, at these heights, both collision and collision-free mechanisms of accelerated ion energy transport to ionospheric components exist. |
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