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On Waves Circulating Around a Rigid Cylindrical Obstacle in a Compressible Plasma
Author(s) -
Labianca Frank M.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1002/rds196838818
Subject(s) - physics , compressibility , cylinder , plasma , obstacle , classical mechanics , excitation , mechanics , compressible flow , coupling (piping) , interpretation (philosophy) , acoustics , mathematics , geometry , materials science , computer science , quantum mechanics , political science , law , metallurgy , programming language
This paper is concerned with the excitation of electromagnetic (optical) and pressure (acoustical) creeping waves on an infinite perfectly conducting circular cylinder immersed in a compressible plasma. The problem is virtually the same as that treated by Wait (1965). However, the formulation is different from Wait's and lends itself more readily to a ray‐optical interpretation (via asymptotic analysis), thereby emphasizing the coupling mechanism between the optical and acoustic fields.