ResonanceSounder

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Term: ResonanceSounder
Definition:

A combination of a radio receiver and a pulsed transmitter used to study the plasma surrounding a spacecraft by identifying resonances or cut-offs (of the wave dispersion relation), whose frequencies are related to the ambient plasma density and magnetic field. When the transmitter is off it is essentially a high frequency-resolution spectral power receiver. (spase)

Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
Contributed by Ryan McGranaghan
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