The effect of negative ions on Thomson scattering in the presence of electron heating

J. D. Mathews, F. S. Bekeny

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Abstract

The total Thomson scatter cross‐section is considered in the presence of electron heating and as a function of the ratio of negative ion to electron number densities. For electron densities typical of the lower D region it is shown that the opposing factors of heating and negative ions lead to a local minimum of the cross‐section in the experimentally accessible range of 1.5 ≤ Te/Ti ≤ 5. Electron heating is thus considered as a method for detecting negative ions and one early experiment may already have done so.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)925-927
Number of pages3
JournalGeophysical Research Letters
Volume5
Issue number11
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 1978

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Geophysics
  • General Earth and Planetary Sciences

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