RADIATION BY A UNIFORMLY ROTATING LINE CHARGE IN A PLASMA
Abstract
A theoretical investigation is conducted for the radiation produced by a linear distribution of electric charge executing circular motion both inside and outside a cylindrical plasma column. The analysis includes the effects of compressibility and anisotropy of the plasma upon the radiation characteristics of the charge distribution. In the incompressible isotropic case, a dipole resonance phenomenon is exhibited for the first harmonic of the angular frequency of rotation of the charge when the charge moves at non- relativistic velocities. If the chargemoves at extremely small velocities, the resonance becomes a singularity. The influence of compressibility upon these radiation characteristics is discussed and is shown to be negligible. In the case of the presence of a magnetic field, i.e. for an anisotropic plasma, the dipole resonance is shifted. Moreover, a multipole resonance is possible for a sufficiently higher order harmonic. Furthermore, in a frequency range just above this multipole resonance, Cerenkov radiation contributes to the existent Bremsstahlung radiation for a single harmonic in the neighborhood of the singularity of the index of refraction. Thereafter, the radiation contributions of the remaining harmonics is negligible.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 01, 1965
- Accession Number
- AD0619888
Entities
People
- Stanley C. Gianzero Jr.
Organizations
- New York University Tandon School of Engineering