A rocket-borne experiment called MINIX was carried out to investigate the nonlinear interaction of a strong microwave energy beam with the ionosphere. The MINIX stands for Microwave-Ionosphere Nonlinear Interaction eXperiment and was carried out on August 29, 1983. The objectives of the MINIX is to study possible impacts of the SPS microwave energy beam on the ionosphere such as the Ohmic heating and plasma wave excitation. The experiment showed that the microwave with f = 2.45 GHz nonlinearly excites various electrostatic plasma waves, though no Ohmic heating effects were detected.


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    Title :

    Nonlinear interaction of strong microwave beam with the ionosphere MINIX rocket experiment


    Additional title:

    Das MINIX-Raketenexperiment zur Erforschung der nichtlinearen Wechselwirkung eines starken Mikrowellenstrahls mit der Ionosphaere


    Contributors:
    Kaya, M. (author) / Matsumoto, H. (author) / Miyatake, S. (author) / Kimura, I. (author) / Nagatomo, M. (author) / Obayashi, T. (author)

    Published in:

    Space Power ; 6 , 3 ; 181-186


    Publication date :

    1986


    Size :

    6 Seiten, 4 Bilder


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English






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