System-generated EMP
Abstract
The external system-generated electromagnetic pulse (SGEMP) problem (i.e. electromagnetic fields produced by a nuclear burst outside and on the surface of a system in a vacuum) is discussed. Characteristics of the incident photon pulse and the emitted electrons are considered. Analytical approaches to the problem based on magnetic-field and electric-field formulations of an electromagnetic boundary-value problem are reviewed; numerical calculations employing the Boltzmann equation and the method of trajectory tracking particles are also mentioned.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation
- Pub Date:
- January 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TAP.1978.1141797
- Bibcode:
- 1978ITAP...26...14H
- Keywords:
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- Electromagnetic Pulses;
- Electron Emission;
- Nuclear Radiation;
- Photoelectric Emission;
- Pulse Generators;
- Radiation Effects;
- Backscattering;
- Boltzmann Transport Equation;
- Boundary Value Problems;
- Electromagnetic Fields;
- Electron Scattering;
- Electronic Spectra;
- Pulsed Radiation;
- Surface Reactions;
- Nuclear and High-Energy Physics