NASA NTRS · 19820004669
Ionospheric power beam studies
Abstract
A power density level of 23 mW/sq cm is presented as a design specification based on theoretical calculations of a threshold for microwave ionosphere nonlinear interaction (thermal runaway). For comparable power densities, enhanced electron heating is observed to change the electron temperature by a factor of two or three, but not by an order of magnitude.
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Duncan, L. M., Gordon, W. E.. 1980-01-01. Ionospheric power beam studies. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19820004669
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