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9780486812236

Wave Propagation in a Random Medium

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  • ISBN13:

    9780486812236

  • ISBN10:

    0486812235

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2017-05-17
  • Publisher: Dover Publications

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Summary

This monograph by a prominent Russian expert was a ground-breaking contribution to the literature on the theory of wave propagation in randomly inhomogeneous media. Since the publication of the first English translation in 1960, the systematic treatment has been widely used by scientists, engineers, and advanced undergraduate students in such fields as acoustics, radio-wave physics, and optics.
The three-part treatment begins with a study of the problem of wave propagation using the ray approximation, followed by the second part's examination of the diffraction theory of wave propagation. The final part explores the question of how fluctuations in the incident wave affect the diffraction image formed by a focusing system, a question of considerable interest in hydroacoustics and astronomical optics. Some of the theoretical deductions are compared with experimental data, and two appendixes contain more elaborate calculations. This edition serves as a companion volume to Wave Propagation in a Turbulent Medium, also available from Dover Publications.

Author Biography

Lev Aleksandrovich Chernov (1911–81) was on the faculty of the Yaroslavl Pedagogical Institute (now the Yaroslavl Demidov State University) in Yaroslavl, Russia, from 1940–58. He was afterward affiliated with the Acoustics Institute of Moscow.

Table of Contents

Translator's preface
Author's Preface
Part I: Ray Theory
I. Statistical Characteristics of the Medium
II.. Ray Statistics
Part II: Diffraction Theory
III. The Wave Equation
IV. Scattering by Inhomogeneities
V. Fluctuations
VI. Correlation of Fluctuations
Part III: The Influence of Fluctuation on the Diffraction Image of a Focusing System
Introductory Remarks
VII. General Formulas
VIII. The Mean Distribution Near the Focus
IX. Fluctuations Behind the Lens
Appendix I.
Appendix II.
References
 

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