Multiple mode conversion: an analytical and numerical comparison
Abstract
A heuristic model for multiple mode conversion is studied by employing ray phase-space methods for wave propagation. Analytical predictions based on phase-space eikonal methods are compared with numerical solutions. The validity of approximations used in previous analytical work is investigated, resulting in an improved analytical model.
- Publication:
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Physics Letters A
- Pub Date:
- September 1994
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0375-9601(94)00605-9
- Bibcode:
- 1994PhLA..193...82L