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Numerical methods in electromagnetic scattering theory. The analysis utilizes oblate spheroidal vector wave functions. Electromagnetic theory 18 56 6 greens functions greens functions are widely used in electromagnetic and other field theories. Prolate spheroidal wave function as exact solution of the. Prolate spheroidal wave functions and applications. Meixner developed the theory of spheroidal wave functions with arbitrary. Denisenko encyclopedia of life support systems eolss div jq g 11 je. Planewave spectrum point of view of diffraction and its equivalence to the rayleighsommerfeld diffraction theory both for scalar and vector fields, including smythe diffraction integrals, apertures in conducting screens, bethebouwkamp theory of diffraction by small holes, and the babinet principle for scalar and vector electromagnetic fields. The magic of the prolate spheroidal functions in various.
Describes the general analysis principles for electromagnetic fields. We explore a number of issues related to this problem, including the effective computation of the corresponding slepzan functions for. Electromagnetic wave theory pdf free download epdf. The electromagnetic wave disturbs the electric field at any point through which it passes. Using prolate spheroidal wave functions chunyang chen, student member, ieee, and p. If you have a user account, you will need to reset your password the next time you login. Electromagnetic wave theory, part 2 contains the proceedings of a symposium on electromagnetic wave theory held at delft, the netherlands in september 1965. Vaidyanathan, fellow, ieee abstractin the traditional transmitting beamforming radar system, the transmitting antennas send coherent waveforms which form a. Suitable mathematica programs using spheroidal wave functions to compute scattering by spheroidal particles have been published in a book by li et al. These theorems concern the vector wave functions and with which can be obtained and used to treat various electromagnetic problems such as multiple scattering of a plane wave from prolate spheroids with arbitrary spacings and orientations of their axes of symmetry or radiation from thinwire antennas.
This prediction is effectively relevant since the pswfs are deeply studied in mathematical physics and are classically defined as a series of normalized legendre polynomials which are well known as special functions of mathematics. Spheroidal wave functions in electromagnetic theory nasaads. Gg the given functions on righthand sides of 11 are usually equal to zero, but appear in. Pdf theory and computation of spheroidal wavefunctions. Theory and computation of the spheroidal wave functions arxiv. Spheroidal wave functions in electromagnetic theory presents in detail the theory of spheroidal wave functions, its applications to the analysis of electromagnetic fields in various spheroidal structures, and provides comprehensive programming codes for those computations. Electromagnetic wave theory 246 rle progress report number 141 denominator and numerator. Reference is made to more than 500 papers published since 1940. A method other than the extendedboundarycondition method ebcm to compute the t matrix for electromagnetic scattering is presented. Mathieu functions and spheroidal wave functions to diffraction theory. From this approximation and the inverse transformation back to the time domain, we can show that is possible to implement. Vii treat the propagation of cylindrical and spherical waves in unbounded spaces.
Monographs tying together many aspects of the theory of spheroidal wave functions were written by strutt, stratton et al. Volkmer department of mathematical sciences, university of wisconsinmilwaukee, milwaukee, wisconsin acknowledgements. With analysis of electromagnetic fields and waves, reinhold pregla describes an important and powerful method for analyzing electromagnetic waves. This book will enable readers to handle various emc problems, to develop their own emc computational models in applications in research and industry, and to better understand numerical methods developed and used by other researchers and engineers not only in emc, but in other areas of engineering. Intended primarily as a textbook for physics students at the advanced. The rotational ether in its application to electromagnetism. This chapter is based in part on abramowitz and stegun 1964, chapter 21 by a. The theory of light scattering by single particles and their ensembles has important applications in various areas of science and technology, e. Flammer, spheroidal wave functions, 1957 are included as a special case of meixners more general functions. For more references on this subject using spheroidal wave function i would like to refer the interested reader to this book. Spheroidal wave functions in electromagnetic theory is a fundamental reference for scientists, engineers, and graduate students practicing modern computational electromagnetics or applied physics.
The flagship monograph addressing the spheroidal wave function and its pertinence to computational electromagnetics spheroidal wave functions in electromagnetic theory presents in detail the theory of spheroidal wave functions, its applications to the analysis of electromagnetic fields in various spheroidal structures, and provides comprehensive programming codes for those computations. The characteristic angular equation 1 for the spheroidal harmonic functions is supplemented by a regularity. Light scattering theories and computer codes sciencedirect. Application of nonorthogonal bases in the theory of light. In part i these vector functions are defined and the expansions of plane. Lewei li, xiaokang kang, mookseng leong spheroidal wave functions in electromagnetic theory published. These have become the dominant tool for assessing clearair and terrain effects on radiowave propagation and are growing increasingly popular for solving scattering problems. Rigorous solutions are presented of the problems of diffraction of plane electromagnetic waves by an infinitely thin, perfectly conducting, circular disk and by a circular aperture in a plane conducting screen. Advanced modeling in computational electromagnetic. Originally, the spheroidal wave functions were introduced by c.
Spheroidal wave functions are solutions of the helmholtz equation that are found by writing the equation in spheroidal coordinates and applying the technique of separation of variables, just like the use of spherical coordinates lead to spherical harmonics. This includes also programs for coated dielectric spheroids. Electromagnetic field theory is often the least popular course in the electrical engineering curriculum. Request pdf spheroidal wave functions in electromagnetic theory the. The results are essential for the computational electromagnetics. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading prolate spheroidal wave functions of order. Wolfram, the mathematica book wolfram mediacambridge university press, 1999. Readers can also develop their own codes according to the theory or routine described in the book to find subsequent solutions of complicated structures. They are called oblate spheroidal wave functions if oblate spheroidal coordinates are used and prolate spheroidal wave functions if prolate. Unesco eolss sample chapters computational methods and algorithms vol. Significant currents can create a large enough voltage at the gap to cause a spark, indicating the presence of the electromagnetic wave.
Spheroidal wave functions in electromagnetic theory book. Prolate spheroidal wave functions from pde point of view pswfs as eigenfunctions of a di erential and an integral operator some properties of the pswfs 1 t c is a selfadjoint compact operator. Introduction, scope and limitation of the report glance through the scientific literature of the last decade reveals an. Qualitatively, the idea behind greens functions is that they provide the solution for a given differential equation corresponding to a point source. Subsequently one can substitute an expansion of the fields in the set of spheroidal vector wave functions into the boundary condition on the particle surface for. Spheroidal wave functions in electromagnetic theory request pdf. Electromagnetic resonant behavior of a confocal spheroidal cavity system in the microwave region a thin spheroidal antenna in empty space is known 1 to show resonance effects when its wavelength is approximately a whole number of halfwavelengths. The vector wave function solution of the diffraction of. Niven, which lead to a helmholtz equation in spheroidal coordinates. The whole new humongous field of electromagnetic theory came into existence when the great scientist james clerk maxwell found out the correlation between electric and magnetic fields by presenting a set of already existing equation with the intro.
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