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First‐order propagation in moving chiral media
Author(s) -
BenShimol Yehuda,
Censor Dan
Publication year - 1997
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 - 10.1029/97rs02616
Subject(s) - conservative vector field , physics , plane wave , minkowski space , isotropy , reflection (computer programming) , acceleration , wave propagation , classical mechanics , constructive , mathematical analysis , simple (philosophy) , electromagnetic radiation , plane (geometry) , optics , mathematics , geometry , mechanics , computer science , quantum mechanics , philosophy , process (computing) , epistemology , compressibility , programming language , operating system
The first‐order propagation (in v/c ) of electromagnetic waves in moving isotropic chiral media is studied. The present analysis is based on Maxwell equations, Bohren decomposition, and Minkowski's relations taken to the first order in the velocity. Accordingly, the effect of acceleration on the electromagnetic fields is neglected, thus yielding a new model for solving problems involving moving chiral media in the presence of arbitrary irrotational velocity and stationary boundaries. This new model is demonstrated for a simple and constructive example, that is, transmission and reflection of a plane wave from a plane boundary separating a stationary simple medium and a moving chiral medium.