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Artificial Injection of Energy Electrons from the Earth’s Radiation Belt: A New Channel for Modifying Ionized and Neutral Atmospheric Components

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The results of studying the characteristics of the artificial injection of energetic electrons from the Earth’s radiation belt into the ionosphere when it is heated by high-power HF radio waves are presented. The experiments were carried out at the SURA midlatitude heating facility. It is shown that such an injection has a high energy and can be considered as a new channel for the modification of the neutral and ionized components of the Earth’s atmosphere. The experimental data on the effect of energetic electrons additional ionization of the low ionosphere, on the generation of microwave radiation at ionospheric heights, and on the ozone content at mesosphere heights are analyzed. An interpretation is given of the phenomena observed in this case and their possible influence on the properties of the surface layer of the atmosphere.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We thank the staff of the SURA facility (Radiophysical Research Institute, University of Nizhny Novgorod) for their help in organizing and conducting experiments and Kazan Federal University for the opportunity to use data from the Kazan digital ionosonde.

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The studies of the artificial injection of energetic electrons from the Earth’s radiation belt to ionospheric heights and their influence on atmospheric processes were carried out by V.L. Frolov at the SURA heating facility with financial support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research as part of scientific project no. 20-05-00166. Research by A.V. Troitsky was carried out as part of the basic part of the state order of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (project 0729-2020-0057). Research by Yu.Yu. Kulikov was carried out with financial support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research as part of scientific project no. 18-45-520009. The work regarding the use of the “Cyclone” ionosonde (Kazan) was carried out by A.D. Akchurin (Kazan Federal University, Kazan) and V.L. Frolov with funding from the Strategic Academic Leadership Program of the Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University (PRIORITET-2030).

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  3. Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

    Yu. Yu. Kulikov

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Frolov, V.L., Kulikov, Y.Y. & Troitsky, A.V. Artificial Injection of Energy Electrons from the Earth’s Radiation Belt: A New Channel for Modifying Ionized and Neutral Atmospheric Components. Russ. J. Phys. Chem. B 16, 965–989 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1990793122050190

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