• DocumentCode
    873082
  • Title

    The born approximation applied to electromagnetic scattering from a finite cone

  • Author

    Hodge, D.B. ; Schultz, F.V.

  • Author_Institution
    University of Illinois, Urbana, Ill.
  • Volume
    53
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1965
  • Firstpage
    1066
  • Lastpage
    1067
  • Abstract
    The physical optics approximation is not applicable to the determination of electromagnetic scattering from obstacles that are not both large and smooth. In this paper, the second-order Born approximation has been utilized to determine the radar cross section of a fairly large, perfectly conducting finite cone. This method leads to radar cross-section values of proper magnitude for such cones, whereas the usual physical optics method yields cross-section values in error by an order of magnitude.
  • Keywords
    Approximation methods; Electromagnetic scattering; Integral equations; Magnetic fields; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Physical optics; Radar cross section; Radar scattering; Surface waves;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9219
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PROC.1965.4085
  • Filename
    1446015