STIMULATED RADIATION FROM STRONG LANGMUIR TURBULENCE IN IONOSPHERIC MODIFICATION

Citation
Py. Cheung et al., STIMULATED RADIATION FROM STRONG LANGMUIR TURBULENCE IN IONOSPHERIC MODIFICATION, Physical review letters, 79(7), 1997, pp. 1273-1276
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
79
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
1273 - 1276
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1997)79:7<1273:SRFSLT>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
New measurements of stimulated electromagnetic emissions (SEE) in low duty cycle heating experiments performed at the HIPAS Observatory are presented. Two distinct types of spectra, a weak diffuse type and a st ronger type with deep frequency modulations, were observed. These resu lts have been compared with numerical predictions from a 1D driven and damped Zakharov model and are found to be consistent with Langmuir co llapse processes (strong spectra) and Langmuir turbulence of the coexi stence type (weak spectra). Through this joint experimental and numeri cal study, evidence of strong Langmuir turbulence via SEE measurements has been demonstrated.