The wake of a large body moving in the ionosphere

Phyllis S. Greifinger

ResearchPublished 1965

An investigation of the steady-state perturbations of ion and electron densities caused by a large-radius conducting disk moving through the ionosphere at a speed intermediate to the ion and electron thermal speeds. An approximation of the electron density in the region close behind the body is found by solving Poisson's equation, neglecting the ion density. For larger distances behind the body, where ion and electron densities are almost equal, an expression for the Fourier transform of the perturbed ion density is obtained, taking account of the ion thermal motion and scattering in the electric and magnetic fields, but neglecting collisions. 51 pp. Bibliog. (See also RM-3573-ARPA, RM-3574-ARPA.)

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Greifinger, Phyllis S., The wake of a large body moving in the ionosphere. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 1965. https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_memoranda/RM3808.html.
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