• The auroral red line polarisation: modelling and measurements 

      Lilensten, J.; Bommier, V.; Barthelemy, M; Lamy, Herve; Bernard, D; Moen, Jøran Idar; Johnsen, Magnar Gullikstad; Løvhaug, Unni Pia; Pitout, Frederic (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2015-08-12)
      In this work, we model the polarisation of the auroral red line using the electron impact theory developed by Bommier et al. (2011). This theory enables the computation of the distribution of the Degree of Linear Polarisation (DoLP) as a function of height if the flux of precipitated electrons is provided as input. An electron transport code is used to infer the stationary electron flux at each ...
    • Effect of suprathermal electrons on the intensity and Doppler frequency of electron plasma lines. 

      Guio, Patrick; Lilensten, J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 1999)
      In an incoherent scattering radar experiment, the spectral measurement of the so-called up- and downshifted electron plasma lines provides information about their intensity and their Doppler frequency. These two spectral lines correspond, in the backscatter geom- etry, to two Langmuir waves travelling towards and away from the radar. In the daytime ionosphere, the presence of a small percentage ...
    • Electron velocity distribution function in a plasma with temperature gradient and in the presence of suprathermal electrons: application to incoherent-scatter plasma lines. 

      Guio, Patrick; Lilensten, J.; Kofman, W.; Bjørnå, Noralv (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel, 1998-10-31)
      The plasma dispersion function and the reduced velocity distribution function are calculated numerically for any arbitrary velocity distribution function with cylindrical symmetry along the magnetic field. The electron velocity distribution is separated into two distributions representing the distribution of the ambient electrons and the suprathermal electrons. The velocity distribution function of ...