POWER FLOW FROM A PLASMA HAVING COMPLEX ELECTROACOUSTIC WAVE IMPEDANCE.

Abstract

The complex electroacoustic wave impedance is examined and is related to power coupling at a plasma-vacuum boundary via the plane wave solution of Maxwell's equations. The reactive component of impedance is found to be important at frequencies less than the plasma frequency, where it contributes a significant amount to power flow. Thus at those frequencies serious errors can be introduced by assuming that the electroacoustic power is made up of the powers in the incident and reflected waves only. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0487543

Entities

People

  • Robert L. Gallawa

Organizations

  • Institute for Telecommunication Sciences

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Boundaries
  • Cartesian Coordinates
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Electron Density
  • Electron Gas
  • Electrons
  • Fluid Dynamics
  • Frequency
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Plane Waves
  • Plasma Oscillation
  • Standing Waves
  • Transverse Waves
  • Waves

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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