INVESTIGATION OF MICROWAVE COUPLING AND ENERGY PARTITION AND TRANSPORT WITHIN A PLASMA. VOLUME I. CHAPTER I. FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS, TECHNIQUES, AND APPARATUS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF GAS PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS AT HIGH MICROWAVE POWERS.
Abstract
This report describes the theoretical and experimental research program concerned with plasmas, particularly with the mechanisms of high-power microwave energy absorption and thermal energy transfer in a gas, the consequent heating of the un-ionized components of the gas, and the deionization and energy loss mechanisms involved. A detailed theoretical analysis of physical mechanisms governing the absorption of microwave radiation in gaseous plasmas are discussed, also two different methods of treatment used in the analysis of plasma behavior. Wave propagation through a plasma-filled waveguide section and results of calculations performed are summarized in this report. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1963
- Accession Number
- AD0427693
Entities
People
- C. Ferrar
- E. Rolfe
- R. Golub
- S. P. Heims
- T. C. Athanis
Organizations
- RTX