TRANSIENT SIGNAL PROPAGATION IN ANISOTROPIC PLASMAS.
Abstract
The long time transient response of a lossless, anisotropic plasma to a short electromagnetic pulse is given. The solution is obtained using the asymptotic saddle-point method and is restricted to the cases of propagation parallel to and those perpendicular to the static magnetic field. The results indicate that natural oscillations occur and that these oscillations asymptotically approach the plasma cutoff and resonance frequencies for long times. In addition, complicated transient polarization effects are present in the response signal. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1969
- Accession Number
- AD0695798
Entities
People
- Carl T. Case
- Richard E. Haskell
Organizations
- Air Force Research Laboratory