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RADIATION FROM A LINE SOURCE IN A UNIAXIALLY ANISOTROPIC PLASMA. Technical Report No. 375

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4648801
Two problems of radiation in a magnetized, incompressible plasma are investigated. The radiation characteristics of a line source of magnetic current are studied for the case in which the external magnetic field is infinite and is oriented in a direction perpendicular to that of the source. The radiation from a uniforraly moving line charge is also treated. Two cases are considered, namely; when the motion of the line charge is parallel and when it is perpendicular to the direction of the external magnetic field. ln each case it is found that there is a Cherenkov-type radiation for frequencies less than the plasma frequency. The frequency and the angular spectrum, as well as the total energy radiated per unit path length, are determined for both cases. (auth)
Research Organization:
Harvard Univ., Cambridge Mass. Cruft Lab.
NSA Number:
NSA-17-036743
OSTI ID:
4648801
Report Number(s):
AD-287036
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English