In the rocket experiment CRIT I, launched from Wallops Island on May 13, 1986, two identical Barium-shaped charges were fired from distances of 1.3 km and 3.6 km towards the main experiment payload, which was separated from a sub-payload by a couple of km along the magnetic field. The relevance of earlier proposed mechanisms for electron heating in ionospheric critical velocity experiments is investigated in the light of the CRIT I results. It is concluded that both the 'homogeneous' and the 'ionizing front' models can be applied, in different parts of the stream. It is also possible that a third, entirely different, mechanism may contribute to the electron heating. This mechanism involves direct energization of electrons in the magnetic-field-aligned component of the dc electric field.


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    Titel :

    Critical ionization velocity interaction in the CRIT I rocket experiment


    Beteiligte:
    Brenning, N. (Autor:in) / Faelthammar, C.-G. (Autor:in) / Marklund, G. (Autor:in) / Haerendel, G. (Autor:in) / Kelley, M. (Autor:in) / Pfaff, R. (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1990-01-01



    Medientyp :

    Sonstige


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch


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