On Bailey's Theory of Amplified Circularly Polarized Waves in an Ionized Medium
- 1 November 1951
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review B
- Vol. 84 (3) , 448-457
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrev.84.448
Abstract
A critical analysis is given of Bailey's theory of propagation in an ionized medium. It is shown that the growing waves, which Bailey interprets as amplified waves, can only be excited by reflection and it is argued that this theory can explain neither the excess radiation observed from sunspots nor the excess noise observed in discharge tubes. However power amplification is possible in a drifting ionized medium under certain ideal conditions which are analyzed.Keywords
This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
- On Bailey's Theory of Growing Circularly Polarized Waves in a SunspotPhysical Review B, 1950
- Electro-Magneto-Ionic WavesNature, 1950
- The Growth of Circularly Polarized Waves in the Sun's Atmosphere and Their Escape into SpacePhysical Review B, 1950
- Spontaneous Waves in Discharge Tubes and in the Solar AtmosphereNature, 1948