Accession Number:

AD0255768

Title:

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC MODE COUPLING INVESTIGATION

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

BENDIX CORP ANN ARBOR MICH BENDIX SYSTEMS DIV

Personal Author(s):

• WALDORF,LINDSAY

Report Date:

1961-02-17

Pagination or Media Count:

1.0

Abstract:

Wave phenomena was studied in a magnetoplasma to ascertain which of these phenomena might be used in the design of future space communication systems. Major emphasis was placed on several broad aspects of plasmaelectrodynamics investigation of the characteristic modes, coupling of modes by plasma unhomogeneities, propagation of non-planar electromagnetic waves in a magnetoplasma, focusing caused by the anisotropy of the medium, and propagation of electromagnetic waves in an unhomogeneous plasma. A rather striking demonstration of the effects of a magnetoplasma on wave propagation was provided by a numerical study in which constant plane surfaces of a non-plane monochromatic wave in an infinite homogeneous magnetoplasma act to strongly focus electromagnetic energy into directions normal to the stationary impressed magnetic field. Author

Descriptors:

• *COMMUNICATION AND RADIO SYSTEMS
• *MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
• ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
• EXTRATERRESTRIAL RADIO WAVES
• MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• PROPAGATION
• REFLECTION
• REFRACTION

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE