Journal
EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE
Volume 62, Issue 7, Pages 579-587Publisher
TERRA SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO
DOI: 10.5047/eps.2010.01.003
Keywords
Impedance probe; sheath capacitance; plasma diagnostics; ionosphere
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- Tohoku University
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Ion sheath which is formed around an electrode significantly affects the impedance of the probe immersed in a plasma. The sheath capacitances obtained from impedance probe measurements were examined for application to plasma diagnoses. We compared analytical calculations of the sheath capacitance with measurements from impedance probes onboard ionospheric sounding rockets. The S-520-23 sounding rocket experiment, which was carried out in mid-latitude, demonstrated that the observed sheath capacitances agreed well with those of the calculations. We concluded that the sheath capacitance measurements allow for estimation of the electron temperature and the electron density of a Maxwellian plasma. On the other hand, the sheath capacitances obtained from the S-310-35 rocket experiment in the auroral ionosphere showed lower values than expected. Auroral particles precipitations should modify the probe potential.
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