Numerical Simulation of the Time Evolution of Small-Scale Irregularities in the F-Layer Ionospheric Plasma

Figure 2

The time variation of the normalized potential energy of the plasma filling up all simulation region, 𝑊_pot(𝑡)/𝑊⁰_kin. The results were obtained for the first situation with the start from the completely electrically neutral state. The values are given in units of 10⁻¹¹. The normalized time, 𝑡/𝑇_𝑝𝑒, that is, the time in units of the equilibrium period of Langmuir oscillations of electrons, 𝑇_𝑝𝑒, is shown on the abscissa.