Determination of the minimum convex source region from the electromagnetic far-field pattern

Radio Science

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 417-425

  Yaghjian, A D ^a   Hansen, T B ^b   Devaney, A J ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SCHLUMBERGER DOLL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c A J Devaney Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CURRENT DENSITY; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; LIGHT VELOCITY; VECTORS; WAVE EQUATIONS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

CIRCULAR DISK ANTENNA; ELECTROMAGNETIC FAR FIELD PATTERN; HOMOGENOUS HELMHOLTZ EQUATION; MINIMUM CONVEX SOURCE REGION; PROPAGATION CONSTANT; SPHERICAL HANKEL FUNCTIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

CIRCULAR DISK; CLOSED SURFACES; CONVEX SURFACES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FAR FIELD; FAR-FIELD PATTERNS; SIMPLE METHOD; SOURCE REGION;

EID: 0033737127     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999RS900047     Document Type: Article

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