Accession Number:

AD0711648

Title:

ON THE POWER FLOW IN PLASMA-FILLED WAVEGUIDES.

Descriptive Note:

Technical rept. 1 Jan 65-Sep 68,

Corporate Author:

AEROSPACE CORP EL SEGUNDO CALIF LAB OPERATIONS

Personal Author(s):

• Bevc,Vladislav

Report Date:

1970-09-01

Pagination or Media Count:

40.0

Abstract:

The power flow of two types of cyclotron modes propagating in a waveguide filled with a cold collisionless axially magnetized plasma is studied as a function of the location of the point of operation on the Brillouin omega-beta diagram. Dynamic analysis is used throughout. Partition of the total power flow corresponding to E, H, and EH power is examined and compared with results obtained by the quasi-static approximation in the domain of its presumed validity. A comparison is made of suitably normalized total power flow as a function of the propagation constant for various representative examples of mode types. The inadequacy of the quasi-static approximation for the analysis of the power flow for dynamic cases and properties of cyclotron and plasma guide modes are discussed. Author

Descriptors:

• (*PLASMA MEDIUM
• WAVEGUIDES)
• (*ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
• PROPAGATION)
• ELECTRIC FIELDS
• MAGNETIC FIELDS
• PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
• BESSEL FUNCTIONS

Subject Categories:

• Plasma Physics and Magnetohydrodynamics
• Radiofrequency Wave Propagation

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE