Abstract As a follow-up to the chemical release experiment Trigger in 1977, the TOR rocket was launched from Esrange on 24 October 1984. A large amplitude electric field pulse of 250 mV/m was detected shortly after the explosion. The central part of the pulse was found to be clearly correlated with an intense layer of swept up ambient particles behind a propagating shockfront. The field was directed towards the centre of the expanding ionized cloud, which is indicative of a polarisation electric field source. An expression for this radial polarisation field is derived and found to result in an excellent agreement with observations.
A model for transient electric fields associated with chemical release experiments by rockets
Advances in Space Research ; 8 , 1 ; 85-92
1988-01-01
8 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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