Whistler Phenomena
Subtitle: Short Impulse Propagation
By: edited by Csaba Ferencz, Orsolya E. Ferencz, Dániel Hamar, János Lichtenberger
Contributors: Ferencz, Orsolya E.; Hamar, Dániel; Lichtenberger, János
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library -- 262; Astrophysics and Space Science Library -- 262
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9789048157105; 9789401596428
Subjects: Engineering; Computer engineering; Hydraulic engineering
Description: In this volume, the authors present theoretical explanations for a few basic problems connected with the propagation of extra wide band, short impulses in linear media, and with the propagation of whistlers and megawhistlers in plasmas. In addition, the book provides an overview of ground and space based measurements, digital processing and signal analysis. The theoretical treatment in this volume is original in the sense that, unlike former solutions, the authors present a fundamentally non-monochromatic approach. A key feature of this approach is the application of the `Laplace Transformation' and the `Method of Inhomogeneous Basic Modes' to solve Maxwell's equations. It is shown that when the obtained theoretical results are applied to digital recordings, the wave analysis process becomes so flexible that it can also be used to investigate other wave propagation problems. These are both terrestrial phenomena (like atmospheric and seismic activity, buried target detection, etc.) and phenomena in space (planetary, interplanetary, plasmaspheric, whistler and megawhistler propagation). The book is aimed at a technical and professional audience working on whistler science and/or wave propagation problems.
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