Experimental observations of cyclotron instabilities relevant to the auroral kilometric radiation emission process

• Published in: The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Plasma Science, 2006. ICOPS 2006. IEEE Conference Record - Abstracts p. 285
• Main Authors: Speirs, D.C., Cairns, R.A., Kellett, B.J., McConville, S.L., Ronald, K., Phelps, A.D.R., Cross, A.W., Bingham, R., Robertson, C.W., Whyte, C.G., Vorgul, I.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2006
• Subjects: Acceleration; Antenna measurements; Cyclotrons; Earth; Electron beams; Frequency; Laboratories; Magnetic fields; Magnetosphere; Tellurium

Summary form only given. Results are presented of an experimental and numerical investigation of radiation emissions from an electron beam with a horseshoe distribution in velocity space. This process is relevant to the phenomenon of auroral kilometric radiation (AKR) which occurs in the polar regio...