3 papers
physics.plasm-ph2026
First Plasma Commissioning and Operational Highlights from India's First Spherical Tokamak at IPR
Kishore Mishra, Aditya Verma, N. Mansoori +72
A compact Spherical Tokamak(ST) is commissioned at Institute for Plasma Research (IPR) to explore low aspect ratio tokamak physics and technologies that complement to the existing…
physics.space-ph2026
Unraveling the Generation Mechanism of a Mid-Latitude Plasma Blob and the Evidence of Its Rare Interaction with a MSTID Phase Front
D. Patgiri, R. Rathi, V. Yadav +10
We report observations of two distinct nighttime F-region irregularities, plasma blob (localized density enhancement) and medium-scale traveling ionospheric disturbance (MSTID), in…
physics.space-ph2024
A rare simultaneous detection of a mid-latitude plasma depleted structure in O(D) 630.0 nm and O(S) 557.7 nm all-sky airglow images on a geomagnetically quiet night
D. Patgiri, R. Rathi, V. Yadav +7
In general, nighttime thermospheric 557.7 nm emission over mid-latitudes is predominantly masked by significantly larger mesospheric component, and hence, F-region plasma structure…