Radiative transfer in a layer of magnetized plasma with random irregularities

DOI10.1088/0959-7174/8/4/003MaRDI QIDQ4240087zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nikolay A. Zabotin, Andrey G. Bronin, G. A. Zhbankov

Publication date 2 May 1999

Published in Waves in Random and Complex Media (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9803032

zbMATH Keywords

ionospheric radio wave propagationradiation transfer equationsmall-angle scattering approximationwave reflection

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with optics and electromagnetic theory (35Q60) Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30) Astronomy and astrophysics (85A99)

Abstract: The problem of radio wave reflection from an optically thick plane monotonous layer of magnetized plasma is considered at present work. The plasma electron density irregularities are described by spatial spectrum of an arbitrary form. The small-angle scattering approximation in the invariant ray coordinates is suggested for analytical investigation of the radiation transfer equation. The approximated solution describing spatial-and-angular distribution of radiation reflected from a plasma layer has been obtained. The obtained solution has been investigated numerically for the case of the ionospheric radio wave propagation. Two effects are the consequence of multiple scattering: change of the reflected signal intensity and anomalous refraction.

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