EVIDENCE OF A TRANSVERSE LANGMUIR MODULATIONAL INSTABILITY IN A SPACE PLASMA

被引：38

作者：

ERGUN, RE

CARLSON, CW

MCFADDEN, JP

CLEMMONS, JH

BOEHM, MH

机构：

[1] MAX PLANCK INST EXTRATERRESTR PHYS, W-8046 GARCHING, GERMANY

[2] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY, DEPT PHYS, BERKELEY, CA 94720 USA

来源：

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 1991年 / 18卷 / 07期

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D O I：

10.1029/91GL01563

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

Electric field amplitude modulations of Langmuir waves were observed in the auroral ionosphere. The data are consistent with a transverse modulational instability resonant with lower hybrid or ion Bernstein waves. The envelopes appear to have been nearly saturated.

引用

页码：1177 / 1180

页数：4

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