The relationship of auroral absorption to the electron energy distribution of the plasma |
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Authors: | Joëlle Margot-Chaker AG McNamara |
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Institution: | Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A OR6 |
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Abstract: | An auroral absorption event in the D-region of the atmosphere has been studied by simultaneous measurements of electron temperature, electron density and hyperthermal electrons with a Langmuir probe, and of radio absorption coefficient by 30 MHz riometers. The absorption of the radio waves cannot be explained only by the enhancement of the electron density but requires that the electron collision frequency v be increased above its normal value by the presence of a high energy tail in the electron distribution function. A model is used to determine the characteristics of the hyperthermal electrons in order to evaluate their contribution to the collision frequency and to the absorption coefficient. Good agreement is found between theoretical and experimental values. |
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