Effects produced by an artificial satellite rapidly moving in the ionosphere or in an interplanetary medium

Ya.L. Al’pert, A.V. Gurevich^a, L.P. Pitaevskii^b, c
^aLebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
^bKapitza Institute of Physical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Kosygina 2, Moscow, 117334, Russian Federation
^cDipartimento di Fisica, Università di Trento and BDC Center, Povo, Trento, I-38050, Italy

I. Introduction 13
1. Formulation of Problem, Initial Data 13
2. Brief Summary of the Literature 16
II. Structure of Disturbed Region in the Vicinity of a Body Moving Rapidly in a Plasma 17
3. Initial Equations 17
4. Disturbances of Neutral-particle Concentration 18
5. Influence of Magnetic Field on the Ion-concentration Disturbance 21
6. Electric Field Around a Body 25
III. Scattering of Radiowaves by the "Trail" of a Body Moving Rapidly in a Plasma 29
7. Formulation of the Problem 29
8. Calculation of the Fourier Components of the Electron-concentration Disturbance 30
9. Effective Cross Section for the Scattering by the Trail of the Body 34
10. Character of the Field of the Scattered Wave at the Point of Observation 38
11. Effective Scattering Cross Section in the Absence of an External Magnetic Field 40
12. Disturbances Brought About by a Point-like Body 41
IV. Particle Flux in the Vicinity of the Body 42
13. General Remarks 42
14. Flux of Neutral Particles in the Vicinity of a Rapidly Moving Body 43
V. Conclusion 45
Cited Literature 45

PACS: 94.20.Xa, 94.20.Vv, 94.20.dv, 94.20.ws (all)
DOI: 10.1070/PU1963v006n01ABEH003492
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/1963/1/b/
Citation: Al’pert Ya L, Gurevich A V, Pitaevskii L P "Effects produced by an artificial satellite rapidly moving in the ionosphere or in an interplanetary medium" Sov. Phys. Usp. 6 13–46 (1963)

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Оригинал: Альперт Я Л, Гуревич А В, Питаевский Л П «Об эффектах, вызываемых искусственным спутником, быстро движущимся в ионосфере или межпланетной среде» УФН 79 23–80 (1963); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0079.196301b.0023

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