Emission of whistler waves from an ionospheric tether

Abstract

In this thesis, we analyze how electromagnetic waves propagate in ionosphere around the earth which is magnetized plasma. We calculate the electromagnetic wave field made by a dipole antenna at an arbitrary observation point far from the antenna using the Stationary Phase Method. With this wave field, wave energy flux is calculated, and by integrating this wave energy flux on the sphere around the antenna, the radiation resistance of this antenna is computed. We compare the results with some past analytical and experimental works. We also analyze the wave propagation characteristics. The wave propagation ways are different for different wave frequencies. We precisely analyze this different wave propagation ways by analyzing the group velocity and k surface of the wave. There are intense radiation directions. We discuss the nature of these intense radiation directions and compare the characteristics with the past works. There are spatial oscillations of wave fields and wave energy flux. We also discuss the reason of this oscillation and compare with the past works.