Whistler‐Mode Transmission Experiments in the Radiation Belts: DSX TNT Circuit Simulation and Data Analysis
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- Jiannan Tu
- Space Science Laboratory University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell MA USA
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- Paul Song
- Space Science Laboratory University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell MA USA
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- Ivan A. Galkin
- Space Science Laboratory University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell MA USA
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- Bodo W. Reinisch
- Space Science Laboratory University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell MA USA
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- William R. Johnston
- Space Vehicles Directorate Air Force Research Laboratory Kirtland AFB NM USA
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- Michael J. Starks
- Space Vehicles Directorate Air Force Research Laboratory Kirtland AFB NM USA
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- Yi‐Jiun Su
- Space Vehicles Directorate Air Force Research Laboratory Kirtland AFB NM USA
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- David Cooke
- Space Vehicles Directorate Air Force Research Laboratory Kirtland AFB NM USA
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- Gregory P. Ginet
- MIT Lincoln Laboratory Lexington MA USA
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- Umran S. Inan
- Department of Electrical Engineering Stanford University Palo Alto CA USA
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- David S. Lauben
- Department of Electrical Engineering Stanford University Palo Alto CA USA
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- Yoshizumi Miyoshi
- Institute for Space‐Earth Environmental Research Nagoya University Nagoya Japan
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- Shoya Matsuda
- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Kanazawa University Kanazawa Japan
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- Yoshiya Kasahara
- Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Kanazawa University Kanazawa Japan
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- Hirotsugu Kojima
- Faculty of Engineering Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
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- Iku Shinohara
- Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Sagamihara Japan
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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>High‐power transmission experiments in the very low frequency (VLF) mode have been conducted by the US Air Force Research Laboratory’s Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) satellite in the radiation belts using a novel transmitter that automatically tunes to find the resonance frequency of the transmitter circuit including the antenna. The resulting voltage–frequency curves are used to derive antenna impedance at the resonance. The analysis shows that the antenna reactance is far less than that of a dipole antenna in free space. The derived radiation resistance is up to several tens of kilo Ohms. Most interestingly, it is found that the radiation resistance is inversely proportional to the square of transmission wave frequency. The transmitted power can be up to 80 W for the DSX transmitter with an 82‐m long tip‐to‐tip antenna, showing that the high‐power VLF transmission is feasible. Whistler wave transmission inside the higher‐density plasmasphere is more efficient. Data analysis indicates that the antenna impedance does not vary systematically with the antenna orientation angle relative to the ambient magnetic field. The previous dominant theoretical studies yield not only incorrect values of the impedance but a completely different frequency dependence than that derived from DSX experiments. Instead, the recent theories correctly capture both the antenna impedance magnitude and the frequency dependence.</jats:p>
収録刊行物
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- Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics
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Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 128 (4), 2023-04
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
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- CRID
- 1360017282443491328
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- ISSN
- 21699402
- 21699380
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