Experiments with plasmas artificially injected into near-Earth space

G Haerendel - Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Plasma injection experiments in space are being ordered according to five aspects:(1)
Diagnostics of electric fields,(2) Coupling to the ionosphere,(3) Interactions with the solar …

Supersonic waves generated by the 18 November 2023 Starship flight and explosions: Unexpected northward propagation and a man‐made non‐chemical depletion

YV Yasyukevich, AM Vesnin… - Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract On 18 November 2023, SpaceX launched the Starship, the tallest and the most
powerful rocket ever built. The Super Heavy engine separated from the Starship spacecraft …

Charged dust phenomena in the near-Earth space environment

WA Scales, A Mahmoudian - Reports on Progress in Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Dusty (or complex) plasmas in the Earth's middle and upper atmosphere ultimately result in
exotic phenomena that are currently forefront research issues in the space science …

[HTML][HTML] Observations of plasma waves generated by charged space objects

PA Bernhardt, L Scott, A Howarth, GJ Morales - Physics of Plasmas, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
A sampling of the environment around inert space objects has determined, which linear and
nonlinear waves are created by moving space debris of all sizes. Plasma waves excited by …

[图书][B] Radiophysical and geomagnetic effects of rocket burn and launch in the near-the-earth environment

LF Chernohor, N Blaunstein - 2014 - api.taylorfrancis.com
Radiophysical and Geomagnetic Effects of Rocket Burn and Launch in the Near-the-Earth
Environment Page 1 Radiophysical and Geom agnetic Effects of Rocket Burn and Launch in …

Laboratory plasma devices for space physics investigation

Y Liu, P Shi, X Zhang, J Lei, W Ding - Review of Scientific Instruments, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
In the past decades, laboratory experiments have contributed significantly to the exploration
of the fundamental physics of space plasmas. Since 1908, when Birkeland invented the first …

Relativistic non-thermal particle acceleration in two-dimensional collisionless magnetic reconnection

DA Uzdensky - Journal of plasma physics, 2022 - cambridge.org
Magnetic reconnection, especially in the relativistic regime, provides an efficient mechanism
for accelerating relativistic particles and thus offers an attractive physical explanation for non …

Advantages of geostationary satellites for ionospheric anomaly studies: Ionospheric plasma depletion following a rocket launch

G Savastano, A Komjathy, E Shume, P Vergados… - Remote Sensing, 2019 - mdpi.com
In this study, we analyzed signals transmitted by the US Wide Area Augmentation System
(WAAS) geostationary (GEO) satellites using the Variometric Approach for Real-Time …

Kelvin–Helmholtz instability in strongly coupled dusty plasma with rotational shear flows and tracer transport

VS Dharodi, B Patel, A Das - Journal of Plasma Physics, 2022 - cambridge.org
Kelvin–Helmholtz (KH) instability plays a significant role in transport and mixing in various
media such as hydrodynamic fluids, plasmas, geophysical flows and astrophysical …

Characterising satellite aerodynamics in Very Low Earth Orbit inclusive of ion thruster plume-thermosphere/ionosphere interactions

S Andrews, L Berthoud - Acta Astronautica, 2020 - Elsevier
This work presents particle-based kinetic simulations of ion thruster plasma plumes, in an
analysis of the modified spacecraft charged drag profile, resultant of plume interactions with …