Accession Number:

ADA063367

Title:

Nuclear Burst Induced Shock Wave Modeling of Energetic Electron Injection into the Magnetosphere: Eigenmode Description of the Hot Ion Cyclotron Beam-Whistler Mode Instability in Parallel Shock Waves,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

NORTHEASTERN UNIV BOSTON MASS

Personal Author(s):

• Golden,Kenneth I.
• Cipolla,John W. , Jr.
• Silevitch,Michael B.

Report Date:

1977-07-15

Pagination or Media Count:

20.0

Abstract:

The local linear dispersion relation for the hot ion cyclotron beam--whistler mode instability near the leading edge of parallel shock waves is generalized into a WKB eigenvalue problem. Its solution reveals the existence of stationary eigen growth modes capable of generating turbulence in the leading edge region. Author

Descriptors:

• *INJECTION
• *ELECTRON BEAMS
• *MAGNETOSPHERE
• *WHISTLERS
• NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
• STABILITY
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• SHOCK WAVES
• AIRBURST
• TURBULENCE
• EIGENVALUES
• ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES
• CYCLOTRON WAVES

Subject Categories:

• Atmospheric Physics
• Nuclear Weapons

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE