COMPARISON OF EXPERIMENTS WITH THE THEORETICAL SCATTERING BEHAVIOUR OF A COLD PLASMA CYLINDER (OR ANISOTROPIC DIELECTRIC ROD) WITH A MAGNETICALLY INDUCED ANISOTROPY AND INHOMOGENEITY

Journal Article · Sat Sep 15 04:00:00 EDT 1962 · Phys. Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9163(62)90082-3· OSTI ID:4697187

Messiaen, A M; Vandenplas, P E

The scattering of a plane-polarized electromagnetic wave by a cylinder containing a cold plasma or an anisotropic dielectric rod is studied. The magnetic and Poynting vectors of the incident wave are parallel and perpendicular to the cylinder axis, respectively. A static magnetic field exists that is parallel either to the cylinder axis, the Poynting vector, or the electric vector of the wave. The plasma is described by its equivalent tensorial permittivity, and the Maxwell equations are used. Anisotropic effects resulting from the constant magnetic field are studied in a plasma of constant equilibrium density, and the permittivity tensor is expressed in a form that can be used in the treatment of the dielectric rod. Plasma inhomogeneities induced by the steady magnetic field are taken into account. The theoretical results are compared with experimental data. (T.F.H.)

• Research Organization: Ecole Royale Militaire, Brussels
• NSA Number: NSA-17-011856
• OSTI ID: 4697187
• Journal Information: Phys. Letters, Journal Name: Phys. Letters Vol. Vol: 2
• Country of Publication: Country unknown/Code not available
• Language: English

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ANISOTROPY
CONFIGURATION
CYLINDERS
DENSITY
DIELECTRICS
ELECTRODYNAMICS
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
INDUCTION
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MEASURED VALUES
PHYSICS
PLASMA
POLARIZATION
POYNTING VECTOR
RODS
SCATTERING
STABILITY
SURFACES
TEMPERATURE
TENSORS
VECTORS