SCATTERING BY A PERFECTLY CONDUCTING CYLINDER IN A COMPRESSIBLE PLASMA,

Abstract

The scattering of a plane electromagnetic (EM) or plasma (P) wave by a perfectly conducting and rigid circular cylinder immersed in an isotropic, compressible plasma is treated. Expressions for all the physical quantities of interest are ob tained in the form of infinite series. For the case of a plane EM wave incidence, numerical re sults for the current induced on the surface of the cylinder, the total scattering cross sections and the back-scattering cross section, are ob tained as a function of keoa for various values of the plasma frequency, where a is the radius of the cylinder and keo is the wave number of the EM wave in free space. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 15, 1963
Accession Number
AD0413340

Entities

People

  • I.l. Morris
  • R.j. Mailloux
  • S.r. Seshadri

Organizations

  • Harvard University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Frequency
  • Infinite Series
  • Scattering
  • Scattering Cross Sections

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster