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ON THE EFFECT OF HEAVY IONS ON LF PROPAGATION, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO A NUCLEAR ENVIRONMENT

Natural disturbances and high altitude nuclear detonations produce large quantities of ions in the ionosphere and in the atmosphere. The effect of such ionization on the propagation of LF radio waves is not in general negligible. In fact, physically realizable production rates can be postulated in which the ions rather than the electrons control the propagation of radio waves around the terrestrial sphere. Therefore, considering only an electron gas type plasma as an ionosphere model is subject to possible grave errors in the theoretical prediction of LF propagation. The theoretical solution of the heavy ion problem requires the introduction of an equation of motion or hydrodynamic equation for each gas constituent. (Author).

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