A Parametric Study of High Altitude Nuclear EMP Fields

Abstract

A program is developed to model the electromagnetic pulse from a high altitude nuclear detonation. A Runge-Kutta numerical technique is used to solve for the electric fields. A continuous Fourier Transform of the EMP is used to determine the frequency profile of the EMP. Pareametirc studies are performed to determine cause and effect relationships between burst parameters and the EMP frequency profile from 100 KHz to 100 MHz. Burst parameters studied are: gamma pulse time history, gamma ray energies from 1 MeV to 10 MeV, gamma ray yield, height of burst from 75 Km to 200 Km and intersection angle of the slant range with the geomagnetic field from 90 degrees to 30 degrees.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA144797

Entities

People

  • Randy J. Lavigne

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Chemistry
  • Current Density
  • Differential Equations
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electron Density
  • Electron Energy
  • Electron Mobility
  • Electrons
  • Gamma Rays
  • Height Of Burst
  • High Altitude
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Scattering
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.