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.
Nonlinear interaction of strong microwave beam with the ionosphere MINIX rocket experiment
Das MINIX-Raketenexperiment zur Erforschung der nichtlinearen Wechselwirkung eines starken Mikrowellenstrahls mit der Ionosphaere
Space Power ; 6 , 3 ; 181-186
1986
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A Generic Device Driver for the MINIX Operating System
British Library Conference Proceedings | 1995
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