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Anomalous forerunners in wave propagation interpreted by a typical diffraction integral
Author(s) -
Ranfagni A.,
Cacciari I.,
Ruggeri R.,
Agresti A.,
Mignani R.,
Ricci A. M.,
Petrucci A.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.26133
Subject(s) - diffraction , microwave , limit (mathematics) , physics , radar , field (mathematics) , computational physics , optics , computer science , telecommunications , mathematical analysis , mathematics , quantum mechanics , pure mathematics
By using radar techniques over distances of 16 and 80 m, microwave propagation experiments revealed the presence of anomalous forerunners situated in advanced positions with respect to the main (luminal) peak. These results can be interpreted by a typical diffraction integral, which accounts for the existence of (fast) complex waves, which are usually considered only in the near‐field region, but are still surviving beyond this limit. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett, 2011; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.26133