Data Analysis Programs for Reflectometer Diagnosis of Thin Boundary Layer Plasma Sheaths: User's Manual.

Abstract

The user's manual describes the use and algorithms of the FORTRAN 4 programs written to analyze data from a thin boundary layer plasma experiment. The experiment consists of an onboard measurement at two or three frequencies of the aperture reflection coefficient of a flush mounted rectangular aperture using a five probe reflectometer. The five probe voltages are used to calculate a reflection coefficient which is transformed through an inhomogeneous dielectric filled waveguide to the aperture. The measured aperture reflection coefficient is compared to aperture reflection coefficients calculated for an exponential model plasma and stored in a table to obtain a minimum mean square error fit. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1972
Accession Number
AD0747041

Entities

People

  • Logan R. Zintsmaster

Organizations

  • Ohio State University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Coefficients
  • Data Analysis
  • Frequency
  • Layers
  • Measurement
  • Plasma Sheaths
  • Reflection
  • Reflectometers
  • Waveguides

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications
  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Plasma Physics.