Issue
J. Phys. Colloques
Volume 40, Number C7, Juillet 1979
XIVe Conférence Internationale sur les Phénomènes d'Ionisation dans les Gaz / XIVth International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases
Page(s) C7-753 - C7-754
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/jphyscol:19797364
XIVe Conférence Internationale sur les Phénomènes d'Ionisation dans les Gaz / XIVth International Conference on Phenomena in Ionized Gases

J. Phys. Colloques 40 (1979) C7-753-C7-754

DOI: 10.1051/jphyscol:19797364

THOMSON-LIKE RF SCATTERING BY SMALL OVERDENSE PLASMA PARTICLES

William A. Janos

Consultant, 8381 Snowbird Drive, Huntington Beach, California 92646.


Abstract
Linear perturbation theory is employed to estimate the scattering amplitude and cross section of a small overdense plasma particle of linear dimension much less than the skin depth of the incident radiation. It is shown that the scattering properties so derived are Thomson-like and can exceed the conventional sharp boundary Rayleigh-Mie results by several orders of magnitude.