Statistical characteristics of waves in random media with space-time inhomogeneities (review)

Journal Article · Wed Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987 · Radiophys. Quantum Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01034070· OSTI ID:5376089

Gavrilenko, V G; Stepanov, N S

The authors review the literature on statistical electromagnetic wave propagation and scattering in space-time inhomogeneous media including plasma, dielectric matter, and the atmosphere. They construct models of energy transfer between waves and charged particles from a quantum electrodynamics standpoint and calculate a wide range of fluctuations of wave characteristics including phase, amplitude, and polarization. They also derive the diffusion equation for a medium with smooth fluctuations within the Hamiltonian approach and demonstrate mathematically the effects of absorption on the spectral time properties of the radiation.

• Research Organization: Gorkii State Univ. (USSR)
• OSTI ID: 5376089
• Journal Information: Radiophys. Quantum Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Radiophys. Quantum Electron. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 30:1; ISSN RPQEA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
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DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
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ENERGY LOSSES
ENERGY TRANSFER
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FIELD THEORIES
FINE STRUCTURE
FLUCTUATIONS
FUNCTIONS
HAMILTONIANS
INHOMOGENEOUS PLASMA
LOSSES
MATERIALS
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS
MECHANICS
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
PLASMA
PLASMA DENSITY
QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
QUANTUM MECHANICS
QUANTUM OPERATORS
RADIATIONS
REVIEWS
SCATTERING
SPACE-TIME
SPECTRAL DENSITY
SPECTRAL FUNCTIONS
STATISTICAL MECHANICS
TIME DEPENDENCE
VARIATIONS
WAVE EQUATIONS
WAVE PACKETS
WAVE PROPAGATION