Anisotropic Scattering for a Magnetized Cold Plasma Sphere

Yingle Li, Mingjun Wang, Qunfeng Dong, Gaofeng Tang

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DOI: 10.4236/epe.2010.22017                

Abstract

The transformation of parameter tensors for anisotropic medium in different coordinate systems is derived. The electric field for a magnetized cold plasma sphere and the general expression of scattering field from anisotropic target are obtained. The functional relations of differential scattering cross section and the RCS for the magnetized plasma sphere are presented. Simulation results are in agree with that in the literatures, which shows the method used and results obtained are correct and the results provide a theoretical base for anisotropic target identification etc.

Keywords

Anisotropy, Scattering, Plasma

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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