• DocumentCode
    1044252
  • Title

    Reciprocity theorems for electromagnetic fields whose time dependence is arbitrary

  • Author

    Welch, W.J.

  • Author_Institution
    University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
  • Volume
    8
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1960
  • fDate
    1/1/1960 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    68
  • Lastpage
    73
  • Abstract
    Two reciprocity theorems are derived which are valid for fields whose sources may have arbitrary time dependence. The first theorem involves the electromagnetic potentials, and the second is in terms of the electric and magnetic fields directly. In both cases, it is necessary to make use of the advanced as well as the retarded solutions to Maxwell´s equations. Some properties of the theorems are discussed, and, as an application, the second theorem is used to derive a variational expression for scattering of electromagnetic waves from a perfect conductor.
  • Keywords
    Electromagnetic (EM) transient analysis; Electromagnetic transient scattering; Transient electromagnetic scattering; Variational methods; Conductors; Electromagnetic fields; Electromagnetic radiation; Electromagnetic scattering; Fourier transforms; Magnetic fields; Magnetic properties; Maxwell equations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Antennas and Propagation, IRE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-1973
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAP.1960.1144806
  • Filename
    1144806