VLF wave-wave interaction experiments in the magnetosphere

• Main Author: Chang, D. C. D.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1978
• Subjects: COMMUNICATIONS AND RADAR; Siple; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2060/19790005053

VLF wave-wave interaction experiments were carried out by injecting various forms of VLF pulses into the magnetosphere from a 21.2 km dipole antenna at Siple, Antarctica. The injected signals propagate along a geomagnetic field line and often interact strongly with energetic electrons trapped in the radiation belts near the equator. Signals may be amplified and trigger emissions. These signals may then interact with one another through these energetic electrons. This report is divided into three parts. In the first part, simulations of VLF pulses propagating in the magnetosphere are carried out. In the second part, it is found for the first time that a 10 ms gap in a triggering wave can induce emission, which may then interact with the post-gap signals. In the third part, sideband triggering is reported for the first time.