MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS
Science Handbook 1996
Published by Monash University
Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia
Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996
Wave
propagation
Synopsis Review of mathematical background: Fourier analysis, group and
phase velocities, method of characteristics. Green's functions and integral
solutions. The scalar wave equation and non-coherent optics: Kirchhoff
solution, diffraction theory, Babinet's principle. The vector wave equation,
solution of electromagnetic problems. Hertz potential and solutions for E and
B, calculation of radiation fields, scattering from conducting spheres.
Propagation in a scattering/absorbing medium. Diffusion and heat conduction,
nature of the solutions, application to some time-dependent problems.
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