Transport Equation for the Spectral Density of a Multiple-Scattered Electromagnetic Field
- 1 July 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 31 (7) , 1176-1182
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1735798
Abstract
The use of a first Born approximation is open to question when the path length is greater than a mean free path in the scattering region. It is therefore of interest to develop a transport equation capable of predicting the spectral density for such cases. The general theory presented in this paper is applied to the case of multiple scattering by dielectric noise. It is independent of models for the dielectric fluctuations. A method of solution is developed for the case of forward scattering. The particular case of a monochromatic plane wave incident of a half space is discussed in detail. The results are applied to a numerical example in the troposphere.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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