Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 278 - 281 (1987)Dynamics of three dimensional ionospheric plasma clouds |
PRL Celebrates 50 Years
This Week's Milestone Letters are from 1984: |
J. F. Drake and J. D. Huba
Geophysical and Plasma Dynamics Branch, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C. 20375-5000
Received 10 September 1986
The first self-consistent, three-dimensional analysis of plasma cloud evolution in the ionosphere is presented. It is demonstrated that there is a preferred perpendicular scale size associated with 3D plasma clouds given by rc∼c(Te+Ti)/eBzVnΓc, where rc is the cloud radius, Tα is the temperature of the α species, Bz is the ambient magnetic field, and Vn is the neutral wind speed, and Γc<1/ √2 .
©1987 The American Physical Society
URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v58/p278
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.58.278
PACS: 94.20.Vv
[ Abstract | Previous article | Next article | Issue 3 ]
About PROLA | Terms and Conditions | Subscriptions | Search | Help
Content in PROLA © 2008 by The American Physical Society All rights reserved. PROLA™ is a trademark of The American Physical Society. Use of APS online journals implies that the user has read and agrees to the Terms and Conditions in the Subscription Agreement.