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Exact solutions for transverse electromagnetic wave propagation in a cylindrically stratified axially magnetized plasma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

B. S. Westcott
Affiliation:
University of Southampton

Abstract

The equations describing transverse propagation of electromagnetic waves in a cylindrically stratified plasma, in which a static magnetic field is imposed parallel to the axis of cylindrical symmetry, are examined. A systematic method developed previously for isotropic media, Heading (3), Westcott (6) is adapted to yield generalized proffles relating to the plasma properties. These proffles are capable of producing exact solutions for the field distribution in terms of standard transcendental functions. Previously known proffles appear as special cases of the analysis.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1969

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