Accession Number:

AD0607819

Title:

RADIATION BY PLASMA OSCILLATIONS IN A BOUNDED PLASMA IN A MAGNETIC FIELD,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

TRW SPACE TECHNOLOGY LABS LOS ANGELES CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• WYLD,H. W. ,Jr.

Report Date:

1959-10-23

Pagination or Media Count:

30.0

Abstract:

The radiation is calculated by a thermal distribution of plasma oscillations in a bounded plasma in a magnetic field is calculated. The calculation is performed in two ways leading to the same result 1 a Fresnel formula for the ratio of the intensity of the electromagnetic wave transmitted through the plasma boundary to the intensity of an incident plasma oscillation is derived 2 the decaying modes, satisfying a radiation condition at infinity, of a bounded plasma in a magnetic field are found. The results are compared with the synchrotron radiation by a plasma in a magnetic field. It is found that for a thermal distribution of plasma oscillations the radiation due to plasma oscillations is small compared to the synchrotron radiation. Author

Descriptors:

• ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
• OSCILLATION
• MAGNETIC FIELDS
• SURFACE PROPERTIES
• PLASMAS(PHYSICS)
• INTEGRALS
• REFRACTION
• WAVE PROPAGATION
• SYNCHROTRONS
• CYCLOTRON RESONANCE
• CYCLOTRON RESONANCE

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Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE