(meteorobs) Meteor plasma / ionization question

[Ed Majden]

Thomas:
	Do a search for meteor temperature plasma and the first paper, pdf,  
is from Astrobiology Vol 4, Number 1, 2004.  The Mass and Speed  
Dependence of Meteor Air Plasma Temperatures - Peter Jenniskens   et al.

Ed


On 28-Oct-11, at 10:41 AM, Thomas Ashcraft wrote:

> I am writing a paper on transient luminous events, specifically red  
> sprites and am wondering if this sentence is correct:
>
> "Sprites also create a form of plasma ionization although it may  
> differ from meteor ionization in that it is supposedly a cold plasma  
> ( fluorescence?) rather than the hot plasma of meteors. In any case,  
> the sprite ionization proves to be reflective of very high frequency  
> radio waves."
>
> I am assuming that meteor plasma is hot but is this actually the case?
>
> Thanks for your reply in advance.
>
> Thomas Ashcraft - New Mexico
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