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Rypdal & Cragin 1979
Rypdal, K. and Cragin, B.L. (1979). HF-induced parametric decay in presence of field-aligned irregularities. Journal of Geophysical Research 84: doi: 10.1029/JA080i011p06407. issn: 0148-0227.

A nonlinear theory for the saturation of the HF-induced parametric decay instability is formulated in terms of the normal modes of a field-aligned plasma wave duct. Coupling coefficients between modes are derived, and a saturation spectrum is computed numerically for a typical (Δn/n0~0.04,&lgr;~4.5m) irregularity. The computed spectrum shows that unstable wves may propagate at larger angles to the B field than would be the case in a regular medium. The relevance of this work to the experiment of Muldrew and Showen (1977), concerning th height of the HF-induced plasma line at Arecibo, is discussed. A possible explanation is also found for the sharpness of the 'decay line' feature in comparison with the 'broad bump' in the observed backscatter spectrum.

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