Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Jan 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990p%26ss...38...55j&link_type=abstract
Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 38, Jan. 1990, p. 55-66.
Statistics
Computation
12
Meteoroids, Radio Waves, Wave Scattering, Cold Plasmas, Collisionless Plasmas, Green'S Functions, Maxwell Equation, Polarization (Waves), Reflectance
Scientific paper
An investigation is made of the general application of Maxwell's equations to the forward scattering of radio waves from a meteor train considered as a cylindrical cold collisionless plasma. The problem is reduced to the solution of two coupled equations for the components of the electric and magnetic fields along the axis of the train. The boundary conditions are satisfied by matching the appropriate analytical solutions outside the train. The scattering properties can be thus derived, in particular reflection coefficients and rotation of the plane of polarization. For underdense trains it is also shown how the two equations for electric and magnetic fields may be reduced to an equation for a scalar potential, providing insight into the structure of the general equations and considerably simplifying the computations. For completeness, two other methods of discussing the scattering, the Green function method and that using ray tracing are also considered.
Jones Jason J.
Jones William
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