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Radiation from current distributions in a lossless compressible plasma media is considered. A linearized theory is used such that the isotropic electron plasma is regarded as a single fluid continuum. It is found that a considerable portion of the power is radiated as an electro-acoustic type wave. Some specialized results of other investigators are recovered.
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The research reported in this paper was sponsored by the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Bedford, Massachusetts, under contract PRO-62-201.
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Wait, J.R. On radiation of electromagnetic and electroacoustic waves in a plasma. Appl. sci. Res. 11, 423–432 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02922278
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02922278