Abstract
The possibility of excitation of thermomagnetic instability in the ionospheric F-region with an external DC electric field on exposure to waves from powerful ground-based radio transmissions is discussed. The threshold and growth rate of the instability are determined. It is shown that such instability can appear in local regions with a rather high level of plasma waves and in the high-latitude ionosphere, especially for high ionospheric-plasma drift velocities.
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Scientific-Research Institute of Radiophysics. Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 674–679, May, 1994.
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Erukhimov, L.M., Goldshmidt, O.Y. On thermomagnetic instability during ionospheric modification by powerful radio waves. Radiophys Quantum Electron 37, 432–435 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01045692
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01045692