Zakharov simulations of Langmuir turbulence: Effects on the ion-acoustic waves in incoherent scattering

• Main Authors: Guio, P, Forme, F
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: AMER INST PHYSICS 2006
• Subjects: VELOCITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RADAR OBSERVATIONS; PARAMETRIC-INSTABILITIES; AURORAL IONOSPHERE; E-REGION; FLUCTUATIONS; PLASMA; EISCAT; EQUATIONS; ELECTRONS; Langmuir; Zakharov
• Online Access: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/56630/

This paper presents a numerical study of the effect of Langmuir turbulence on incoherent scatter spectra. The Langmuir turbulence is driven by low energy beams of electrons in the Earth's upper ionosphere above 300 km. The nonlinear coupling between Langmuir waves and ion-acoustic waves is gove...