Decay Exponents and Diffraction Coefficients for Surface Waves on Surfaces of Non-Constant Curvature (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Keller, Joseph B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0656920173 ISBN 13: 9780656920174

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2019

Synopsis

Excerpt from Decay Exponents and Diffraction Coefficients for Surface Waves on Surfaces of Non-Constant Curvature

When a wave is incident upon an opaque object large compared to the incident wavelength a shadow is formed. Some radiation penetrates into the shadow. The first quantitative analysis of this penetration effect for the case of a smooth object was that of G. N. Watson[1]. He showed that the field in the shadow of a sphere consists of a sum of modes.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0656920173
• ISBN 13: 9780656920174
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 54