Волновые эффекты, связанные с высотным изменением ионного состава ионосферы

Известия высших учебных заведений. Радиофизика. 2016. Т. LIX. № 7. С. 575–592.

Вавилов Д. И., Д. Р. Шкляр

Properties of the waves, which can propagate in magnetized plasma in the frequency range below the proton gyrofrequency, depend strongly on the ion composition of the plasma. Addition of a new sort of ions leads to appearance of a new resonance frequency, at which the refractive index becomes infinite, and a new cutoff frequency, at which the refractive index becomes zero. In this case, the topology of frequency dependence of the squared refractive index changes. Specifically, a new oscillation branch appears, which is located above the cutoff frequency. A question arises whether these oscillations are excited, if radiation with the corresponding frequency, which propagates in a different mode, is present in the plasma. A linear transformation of the waves is another important effect, which is related to variations in the ion plasma composition. These two issues, which are directly related to the theory of formation of proton whistlers in the ionospheres, where the ion composition varies with altitude, are considered in this work.

Keywords: ionosphere, ионосфера, ion composition, wave conversion, ионный состав, трансформация волн