A FORTRAN PROGRAM FOR COMPUTING REFLECTION, TRANSMISSION, AND ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS FOR AN INHOMOGENEOUS PLASMA LAYER

Abstract

A FORTRAN computer program is described for computing the transmission, reflection and absorption coefficients of an inhomogeneous plasma layer. A modified Runge-Kutta intergration scheme is used to solve Maxwell's equations for the electric and magnetic fields at the boundary of the plasma layer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0421181

Entities

People

  • B. Jr H. Kavanaugh
  • J. M. Scarborough

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Boundaries
  • Coefficients
  • Computer Programs
  • Computers
  • Dielectric Permittivity
  • Differential Equations
  • Electric Fields
  • Electron Density
  • Electrons
  • Equations
  • Frequency
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Permeability
  • Scientific Research

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Spectroscopy.