Comparison between ionospheric disturbances caused by barium and cesium

Zhu Xiao-Li; Hu Yao-Gai; Zhao Zheng-Yu; Zhang Yuan-Nong

doi:10.7498/aps.69.20191266

Abstract

After being released in the ionosphere, alkali-metal atoms will be rapidly photoionized by solar UV, producing positive ions and electrons, and forming artificial plasma cloud. Based on a three-dimensional two-species fluid model, considering both the loss of barium atoms due to photoionization and oxidation and the influence of horizontal wind field in the release region, the spatial-temporal evolution of the artificial plasma cloud is discussed. By taking into account the electromagnetic field force, pressure gradient, particle collisions and ion inertia, the ionospheric disturbance effects caused by barium and cesium are compared with each other. The simulation results show that the alkali metal rapidly expands after being released in the ionosphere, and the generated plasma cloud gradually forms an ellipsoidal structure from the inside to the outside under the constraint of magnetic field with considering no wind. Meanwhile, the expanded plasma cloud pushes away the background oxygen ions, forming an oxygen ion density hole in the release center and two symmetrical density bumps on both sides. In the absence of neutral wind, the plasma cloud is dominated by the movement along magnetic field, while considering the background neutral wind, the plasma cloud and background disturbance area will move along the direction of wind, so that the density gradient of plasma cloud becomes steepening on the upwind side. Although the movement of ion cloud across the magnetic field is constrained, the neutrals can pass through the magnetic field freely, so the ion cloud and neutral cloud will separate from each other slowly. Also, the presence of horizontal wind field will make a greater disturbance to the background oxygen ion. By comparing the simulation results of barium and cesium we can see that, qualitatively, the expansion characteristics of Cs⁺ and Ba⁺ as well as their effects on the background O⁺ are similar. Due to the small diffusion coefficient of cesium, the barium cloud expands more rapidly and the coverage area of Ba⁺ cloud is wider. Because of the large photoionization rate of cesium, the ionization yield of cesium is higher than that of barium when the same mass is released. In addition, the snowplow effect of Cs⁺ is stronger than that of Ba⁺, and the oxygen ion density holes and bumps caused by Cs⁺ are also larger.

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Ionosphere Laboratory, School of Electronics and Information, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430079, China

Corresponding author: Hu Yao-Gai, yaogaihu@whu.edu.cn

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图 1 仿真算法流程图

Figure 1. Flow chart of simulation algorithm.

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图 2 无中性风场时, 300 km高度释放10 kg钡后钡离子和氧离子的离子数密度分布(x-y平面)　(a) Ba⁺, t = 5 s; (b) Ba⁺, t = 30 s; (c) Ba⁺, t = 200 s; (d) O⁺, t = 5 s; (e) O⁺, t = 30 s; (f) O⁺, t = 200 s

Figure 2. Density distribution of Ba⁺ and O⁺ (in x-y plane) after 10 kg barium released at 300 km while no neutral wind is considered: (a) Ba⁺, t = 5 s; (b) Ba⁺, t = 30 s; (c) Ba⁺, t = 200 s; (d) O⁺, t = 5 s; (e) O⁺, t = 30 s; (f) O⁺, t = 200 s.

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图 3 无中性风场时, 300 km高度释放10 kg钡后钡离子和氧离子的粒子数密度分布(x-z平面)　(a) O⁺, t = 5 s; (b) O⁺, t = 30 s; (c) O⁺, t = 200 s; (d) Ba⁺, t = 5 s; (e) Ba⁺, t = 30 s; (f) Ba⁺, t = 200 s

Figure 3. Density distribution of Ba⁺ and O⁺ (in x-z plane) after 10 kg barium released at 300 km while no neutral wind is considered: (a) O⁺, t = 5 s; (b) O⁺, t = 30 s; (c) O⁺, t = 200 s; (d) Ba⁺, t = 5 s; (e) Ba⁺, t = 30 s; (f) Ba⁺, t = 200 s.

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图 4 存在x方向大小为1 km/s的中性风时, 300 km高度释放10 kg钡后钡离子和氧离子的粒子数密度分布(x-z平面)　(a) O⁺, t = 5 s; (b) O⁺, t = 30 s; (c) O⁺, t = 200 s; (d) Ba⁺, t = 5 s; (e) Ba⁺, t = 30 s; (f) Ba⁺, t = 200 s

Figure 4. Density distribution of Ba⁺ and O⁺ (in x-z plane) after 10 kg barium released at 300 km with a neutral wind of 1 km/s in the x direction: (a) O⁺, t = 5 s;(b) O⁺, t = 30 s; (c) O⁺, t = 200 s; (d) Ba⁺, t = 5 s; (e) Ba⁺, t = 30 s; (f) Ba⁺, t = 200 s.

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图 5 钡中性云团(绿色)和离子云团(蓝色)在释放后30 s时的三维分布示意图

Figure 5. Three-dimensional density distribution of barium neutral cloud (green sphere) and ion cloud (blue sphere) at 30 s after release

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图 6 存在x方向大小为1 km/s的中性风时, 300 km高度释放10 kg铯的粒子数密度分布(x-z平面)　(a) O⁺, t = 5 s; (b) O⁺, t = 30 s; (c) O⁺, t = 200 s; (d) Cs⁺, t = 5 s; (e) Cs⁺, t = 30 s; (f) Cs⁺, t = 200 s

Figure 6. Density distribution of Cs⁺ and O⁺ (in x-z plane) after 10 kg cesium released at 300 km with a neutral wind of 1 km/s in the x direction: (a) O⁺, t = 5 s; (b) O⁺, t = 30 s; (c) O⁺, t = 200 s; (d) Cs⁺, t = 5 s; (e) Cs⁺, t = 30 s; (f) Cs⁺, t = 200 s.

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图 7 生成的等离子体云团的密度最大值(a)和背景氧离子的最大扰动值(b)随时间的变化

Figure 7. The maximum density of artificial plasma cloud (a) and the maximum disturbance of background oxygen ion (a) versus time.

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表 1 主要仿真参数表

Table 1. The main simulation parameters.

参数	数值(来源)
模拟时间	201709151800LT
释放地点	(22°N, 109°E)
释放高度/km	300
磁场强度/nT	38860
温度/K	860
地磁倾角	32.4°
地磁偏角	–1.9°
氧离子数密度/cm^–3	9 × 10⁵
氧原子数密度/cm^–3	3.06 × 10⁹
光电离率	0.0357(Ba)^[18]/0.05(Cs)^[24]
阻尼系数/s^–1	0.0149(Ba)/0.0208(Cs)
扩散系数/10¹⁰ $ \rm cm^2\cdot s^{-1} $	2.94(Ba)/2.17(Cs)
原子极化率/10^–24 cm³	39.7(Ba)/59.6(Cs)

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[3]	Caton R G, Pedersen T R, Groves K M, et al. 2017 Radio Sci. 52 539 Google Scholar
[4]	Huba J D, Bernhardt P A, Lyon J G 1992 J. Geophys. Res. Space Phys. 97 11 Google Scholar
[5]	Lloyd K H, Haerendel G 1973 J. Geophys. Res. 78 7389 Google Scholar
[6]	Morse D L, Destler W W 1973 J. Geophys. Res. 78 7417 Google Scholar
[7]	Bernhardt P A, Roussel-Dupre R A, Pongratz M B, et al. 1987 J. Geophys. Res. 92 5777 Google Scholar
[8]	Zakharov Y P 2002 Adv. Space Res. 29 1335 Google Scholar
[9]	Haerendel G, Lust R, Rieger E 1967 Planet. Space Sci. 15 1 Google Scholar
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[11]	Mitchell H G, Fedder J A, Huba J D, Zalesak S T 1985 J. Geophys. Res. Space Phys. 90 11091 Google Scholar
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[15]	Ma T Z, Schunk R W 1994 J. Geophys. Res. 99 6331 Google Scholar
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