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NASA NTRS1987

Dynamic substorm injections - Similar magnetospheric phenomena at earth and Mercury

Correlations between energetic electrons, plasma electrons, and magnetic fields during the Mercury 1 energetic particle events are examined and comparisons are made with several well-documented substorm injections at the earth. The data reveal that the B and B-prime events possess the same characteristics as single-point observations of terrestrial dynamic injections. Several recently discovered correlations between the energetic electrons, plasma electrons, and magnetic fields at Mercury are discussed.

Christon, S. P.↗

NASA NTRS1988

Charge states of substorm particle injections

The charge states of ions injected during substorms are discussed. Observations from the Medium Energy Particle Analyzer (McEntire et al., 1985) are used to time the arrival of peak proton, helium, and oxygen fluxes at the Charge Composition Explorer satellite. In addition, the dominant ion charge states of these species in the energy range 72-1000 keV are determined. It is found that the freshly-injected heluim (72-240 keV) and oxygen (137-365 keV) are singly ionized, but that more energetic oxygen (greater than 365 keV) is multiply charged. It is suggested that this result implies either a dominant ionospheric source at the lower energies with a solar-wind source at the higher energies, or an energization of the preexisting ring-current population.

Sibeck, D. G.↗

NASA NTRS1988

Laboratory behavior of a plasma plume injected into the magnetized plasma flow

Plasma plumes are injected into the tail of the simulated earth's magnetosphere produced by an interaction between the simulated solar wind and a magnetic dipole. The behavior of laboratory artificial plasma plumes injected into the magnetized plasma flow is discussed in conjunction with the AMPTE artificial comet experiments (Minami et al., 1986) and other active chemical release experiments in space.

Minami, Shigeyuki↗

NASA NTRS1989

ARCS 3 ionospheric artificial argon ion beam injections - Waves near the heavy ion gyrofrequencies

Low-frequency electric field data below the proton gyrofrequency are presented for the duration of the argon ion beam experiment conducted as part of the Argon Release for Controlled Studies (ARCS) program. An argon ion beam was injected from the subpayload antiparallel or perpendicular to the magnetic field at altitudes from 250 to 405 km. During the injections, the wave spectra were broadband near the subpayload and narrow-band near heavy ion gyrofrequencies at perpendicular separation distances between 42 and 254 m. It is suggested that the narrow-band waves are associated with both the perpendicular argon ion beam and an unexpected flux of low-energy ions which peaked in energy near 15 eV and pitch angle near 90 deg with respect to the magnetic field.

Erlandson, R. E.↗

NASA NTRS1989

Low-frequency electrostatic instabilities excited by injections of an electron beam in space

One-dimensional particle simulations have been carried out to study the low-frequency broadband electrostatic noise that propagates almost perpendicularly from the magnetic field line when a nonrelativistic electron beam is injected into space from a spacecraft. For T(e) = T(i) the electrostatic ion cyclotron waves appear as well as the waves near the lower hybrid frequency. When the magnetic field is reduced so that Omega(e) is much less than omega(pe) in a nonisothermal plasma, T(e) greater than T(i) oblique ion acoustic instabilities appear to propagate almost perpendicular to the magnetic field. In addition, a very low frequency mode at omega much less than Omega(i) is found to be generated by the electrons flowing into the conductor. Both the injected beam electrons as well as the ambient electrons flowing into the spacecraft are responsible for generating those instabilities, which accelerate ions perpendicular to the magnetic field.

Hwang, Y. S.↗

NASA NTRS1989

Injectant mole-fraction imaging in compressible mixing flows using planar laser-induced iodine fluorescence

A technique is described for imaging the injectant mole-fraction distribution in nonreacting compressible mixing flow fields. Planar fluorescence from iodine, seeded into air, is induced by a broadband argon-ion laser and collected using an intensified charge-injection-device array camera. The technique eliminates the thermodynamic dependence of the iodine fluorescence in the compressible flow field by taking the ratio of two images collected with identical thermodynamic flow conditions but different iodine seeding conditions.

Hartfield, Roy J., Jr.↗

NASA NTRS1990

Particle injection and acceleration at earth's bow shock - Comparison of upstream and downstream events

The injection and acceleration of thermal solar wind ions at the quasi-parallel earth's bow shock during radial interplanetary magnetic field conditions is investigated. Active Magnetospheric Particle Tracer Explorers/Ion Release Module satellite observations of complete proton spectra, and of heavy ion spectra above 10 keV/Q, made on September 12, 1984 near the nose of the shock, are presented and compared to the predictions of a Monte Carlo shock simulation which includes diffusive shock acceleration. It is found that the spectral observations are in good agreement with the predictions of the simulation when it is assumed that all accelerated ions originate in the solar wind and are injected into the acceleration mechanism by thermal leakage from the downstream plasma. The efficiency, which is determined directly from the downstream observations, is high, with at least 15 percent of the solar wind energy flux going into accelerated particles. The comparisons allow constraints to be placed on the rigidity dependence of the scattering mean free path and suggest that the upstream solar wind must be slowed substantially by backstreaming accelerated ions prior to undergoing a sharp transition in the viscous subshock.

Ellison, Donald C.↗

NASA NTRS1990

Conjugate echoes of artificially injected electron beams detected optically by means of new image processing

Artificial auroral streaks were detected following two upward injections of energetic electrons (38 keV and 26 keV) from the Echo 4 rocket-borne electron accelerator. Newly developed image processing techniques are used to detect and describe the streaks. It is found that the potential of the payload remained below 1 kV during 45 mA injections at an altitude of 210 km. The echo streaks show little dispersion in time or space, suggesting that the portion of the beam returning to the northern hemisphere loss cone remained collimated and nearly monoenergetic. There was, however, a 70 percent loss in the return flux. The causes of this loss are discussed.

Hallinan, Thomas J.↗

NASA NTRS1990

Effects of streamwise vorticity injection on turbulent mixing layer development

This paper investigates the effect of injected strong streamwise vorticity on the structure and development of a plane mixing layer originating from tripped boundary layers. The experiments were conducted in a mixing layer wind tunnel consisting of two separate legs which were driven individually by centrifugal blowers. It was found that, while the vorticity injection increased the growth rate in the near-field, the asymptotic growth rate was reduced by a factor of about two, together with the peak Reynolds stress levels. The result is attributed to the effect of the relatively strong and short wavelength streamwise vorticity in making the spanwise structures more three-dimensional and slowing down their pairing process, thus reducing entrainment, and hence growth.

Bell, James H.↗

NASA NTRS1990

Injection efficiency of bound modes

Previous work on efficiency of light injection into the core of a fiber from a thin film and a bulk distribution of sources in the cladding have used the fields of a weakly guiding fiber. This approximation simplifies the analysis of the power efficiency by introducing universal values for the eigenvalues of different fibers with the same V-number, but cannot predict accurately the behavior of the injected light into a fiber with arbitrary differences in indices of refraction. The exact field solution was used in the expressions of the power efficiency, p sub eff, and its behavior as a function of the fiber parameter was analyzed. Weakly guiding results obtained previously are confirmed. However, P sub eff does not always increase with the V-number but with the difference in the indices of refraction, eta sub core-eta sub clad. For the bulk distribution it was found that P sub eff increases with the wavelength, lambda, and decreases with the fiber core radius, a, i.e., it decreases with the V-number. However, for the thin film, the P sub eff remains almost constant with lambda and the fiber core radius.

Egalon, Claudio Oliveira↗

NASA NTRS1991

Abnormal fault-recovery characteristics of the fault-tolerant multiprocessor uncovered using a new fault-injection methodology

An investigation was made in AIRLAB of the fault handling performance of the Fault Tolerant MultiProcessor (FTMP). Fault handling errors detected during fault injection experiments were characterized. In these fault injection experiments, the FTMP disabled a working unit instead of the faulted unit once in every 500 faults, on the average. System design weaknesses allow active faults to exercise a part of the fault management software that handles Byzantine or lying faults. Byzantine faults behave such that the faulted unit points to a working unit as the source of errors. The design's problems involve: (1) the design and interface between the simplex error detection hardware and the error processing software, (2) the functional capabilities of the FTMP system bus, and (3) the communication requirements of a multiprocessor architecture. These weak areas in the FTMP's design increase the probability that, for any hardware fault, a good line replacement unit (LRU) is mistakenly disabled by the fault management software.

Padilla, Peter A.↗

NASA NTRS1990

Consequences of relativistic proton injection in active galactic nuclei

The processes are analyzed by which extremely relativistic protons lose energy under the conditions thought to apply in the central engines of active galactic nuclei. Analytic formulae are derived which permit the consequences of relativistic proton injection under a variety of conditions to be predicted. Different proton cooling mechanisms are compared for a power-law proton injection function and two types of background radiation spectra: power-law and power-law plus blackbody. The kinetic equations for neutrons and protons are examined, and it is shown how to calculate the energy distributions of primary gamma rays and escaping neutrons and neutrinos.

Begelman, Mitchell C.↗

NASA NTRS1990

Simulated fault injection - A methodology to evaluate fault tolerant microprocessor architectures

A simulation-based fault-injection method for validating fault-tolerant microprocessor architectures is described. The approach uses mixed-mode simulation (electrical/logic analysis), and injects transient errors in run-time to assess the resulting fault impact. As an example, a fault-tolerant architecture which models the digital aspects of a dual-channel real-time jet-engine controller is used. The level of effectiveness of the dual configuration with respect to single and multiple transients is measured. The results indicate 100 percent coverage of single transients. Approximately 12 percent of the multiple transients affect both channels; none result in controller failure since two additional levels of redundancy exist.

Choi, Gwan S.↗

NASA NTRS1990

Injection of an overdense electron beam in space

A three-dimensional particle simulation model is used to study the injection and propagation of an overdense electron beam in the vicinity of a conductor in space. Beam electrons with a density of more than 100 times the ambient electron density are modeled using large-scale plasma simulations; in these simulations the surface area of the conductor is several thousands times that of the beam cross section at the injection point. The parameters of the simulations are chosen to allow the realistic simulation of active space experiments such as the Space Shuttle's Spacelab 2 electron beam mission. These simulations confirm space observations that an overdense electron beam can at least partially escape the near vicinity of the spacecraft, even in a fully ionized plasma. Once they have escaped from the vicinity of the spacecraft, these beam electrons should be able to propagate away freely until their energy is dissipated. It is suggested that such large-scale simulations could be useful in interpreting data from space experiments.

Okuda, Hideo↗

NASA NTRS1991

Mixing, ignition and combustion studies using discrete orifice injection at hypervelocity flight conditions

Testing at hypervelocity test conditions continues in the Hypulse expansion tube. A newly-calibrated Mach 13 operating point has been achieved, and hydrogen injection studies were performed at this test condition. The experiments were conducted in a 2-in x 1-in combustor model employing three injector configurations: a single flush-wall circular orifice; two such orifices on opposite walls (the 'dual' injector configuration); and two orifices on the upper and the lower walls (the 'quad' injector configuration). The quad injectors were distinctly superior to the other two configurations in promoting mixing, ignition, and combustion. The single injector, however, proved to be superior to the dual injectors, supporting the concept that the aspect ratio of the 'injection cell' plays a large role in promoting the processes required to achieve high combustion efficiency.

Bakos, R.↗

NASA NTRS1991

Injection-seeded operation of a Q-switched Cr,Tm,Ho:YAG laser

Single-frequency Tm,Ho:YAG lasers operating near 2 microns are attractive sources for several applications including eye-safe laser radar (lidar) and pumping of AgGaSe2 parametric oscillators for efficient generation of longer wavelengths. As part of a program to develop a coherent lidar system using Tm,Ho:YAG lasers, a diode laser-pumped tunable CW single-longitudinal-mode (SLM) Cr:Tm:Ho:YAG laser and a flashlamp-pumped single-transverse-mode Q-switched Cr,Tm,Ho:YAG laser were developed. The CW laser was used to injection-seed the flashlamp-pumped laser, resulting in SLM Q-switched output. Operational characteristics of the CW and Q-switched lasers and injection-seeding results are reported.

Henderson, Sammy W.↗

NASA NTRS1992

Broad-Area Laser Diode With Fiber-Optic Injection

Fiber-optic injection-locked broad-area laser diode features single-mode output via fiber-optic injection and serves as compact, rugged, high-power near-infrared source. Useful in free-space and fiber-optic communication links, as communication-receiver preamplifier, and pump source for solid-state lasers.

Hazel, Geoffrey↗

NASA NTRS1992

Fluidized-Solid-Fuel Injection Process

Report proposes development of rocket engines burning small grains of solid fuel entrained in gas streams. Main technical discussion in report divided into three parts: established fluidization technology; variety of rockets and rocket engines used by nations around the world; and rocket-engine equation. Discusses significance of specific impulse and ratio between initial and final masses of rocket. Concludes by stating three important reasons to proceed with new development: proposed engines safer; fluidized-solid-fuel injection process increases variety of solid-fuel formulations used; and development of fluidized-solid-fuel injection process provides base of engineering knowledge.

Taylor, William↗