Fundamentals of the Physical Theory of Diffraction von Pyotr Ya. Ufimtsev | ISBN 9780470109007

Fundamentals of the Physical Theory of Diffraction

von Pyotr Ya. Ufimtsev
Buchcover Fundamentals of the Physical Theory of Diffraction | Pyotr Ya. Ufimtsev | EAN 9780470109007 | ISBN 0-470-10900-9 | ISBN 978-0-470-10900-7

Fundamentals of the Physical Theory of Diffraction

von Pyotr Ya. Ufimtsev
This book is the first complete and comprehensive description of the modern Physical Theory of Diffraction (PTD) based on the concept of elementary edge waves (EEWs). The theory is demonstrated with the example of the diffraction of acoustic and electromagnetic waves at perfectly reflecting objects. The derived analytic expressions clearly explain the physical structure of the scattered field and describe in detail all of the reflected and diffracted rays and beams, as well as the fields in the vicinity of caustics and foci. Shadow radiation, a new fundamental component of the field, is introduced and proven to contain half of the total scattered power.