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Multiple scattering of electromagnetic waves by a collection of plasma drift turbulent vortices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 March 2009

David Resendes
Affiliation:
Instititto Superior Téenico, Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1096 Lisboa Codex, Portugal

Abstract

An application of the self-consistent multiple-scattering theory of electromagnetic waves to drift turbulent vortices is presented. Using the known single-vortex solution, the integral equation describing the scattering from a finite density of drift turbulent vortices is obtained. Rather than solving this equation and then averaging, the averaging operation is taken first to obtain statistical moment equations, from which the coherent and incoherent scattering follow. These results are expressed in a Fourier basis, and the cross-section is evaluated. Limiting forms of the theory and straightforward generalizations are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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