Active Experiment with High-Power Electron Gun in the Polar Region (Plan)

• Main Authors: Susumu Sasaki, Osamu Kaneko, Nobuki Kawashima, Yasuyuki Yagi, Kazunori Akai, Yutaka Nakai
• Format: Report
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo/Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo/Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo/Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo/Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo/Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science, University of Tokyo 1981
• Subjects: Memoirs of National Institute of Polar Research; Polar Research
• Online Access: https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_uri&item_id=1156; http://id.nii.ac.jp/1291/00001156/; https://nipr.repo.nii.ac.jp/?action=repository_action_common_download&item_id=1156&item_no=1&attribute_id=18&file_no=1

A plan of a high-power electron beam experiment in the polar region is discussed. An electron beam is quite useful for studying space plasma phenomena as one of the active experiments. The main objective of the experiment is to study the aurora/airglow and various kinds of waves artificially excited by the electron beam, as compared with natural ones. It can be also used to trace the magnetic field line in the polar region.