Abstract Laura Nuttall and Christopher Berry review the potential of multimessenger astronomy with gravitational-wave observations

CLASSICAL SCATTERING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION Light is an electromagnetic disturbance which is propagated by vector wave equations which are readily derived from Maxwell's equations. The Helmholtz wave equation results from Maxwell's equations. The Helmholtz equation is linear; thus, superposition of solutions is allowed. Huygens' principle is that a point source of light will give rise to ...

An interpretation of focusing and image formation on scattering of electromagnetic waves by a dielectric cylinder (a cylindrical lens) is proposed on the basis of the full Maxwell theory. It is centered on analysis of the behavior of integral curves of the Poynting vector here called wave rays. These wave rays cannot intersect so that the focusing and imaging spots are identified with regions o...

Electromagnetic wave propagation in arid and semi-arid regions is influenced by sand and dust storms. Meagre information has hitherto been reported as to the effect of storms on telecommunication systems operating in such regions. This paper presents a survey of current understanding of the wave propagation during storms. In this first part of the review—Part I, detailed parametric assessment o...

We present a small-signal wave propagation theory on matter-wave superradiant scattering. We show, in a longitudinally excited condensate, that the backward-propagating, superradiantly generated optical field propagates with ultraslow group velocity and that the small-signal gain profile has a Bragg resonance. We further show a unidirectional suppression of optical superradiant scattering, and ...

Marine controlled source electromagnetic (CSEM) sensing method used for the detection of hydrocarbons based reservoirs in seabed logging application does not perform well due to the presence of the airwaves (or sea-surface). These airwaves interfere with the signal that comes from the subsurface seafloor and also tend to dominate in the receiver response at larger offsets. The task is to identi...

This paper is concerned with the diffraction of an electromagnetic wave by a perfectly conducting half-plane in a homogeneous bi-isotropic medium (asymptotically). Similar analysis in a source-free field is done in S. Asghar and A. Lakhtakia (1994), Planewave diffraction by a perfectly conducting half-plane in a homogeneous bi-isotropic medium. Int. J. Appl. Electromagnetics in materials, 5, (1...

The relativistic motion of an electron is calculated in the combined fields of a transverse helical wiggler field (axial wavelength = X0 27/k 0) and constant-amplitude, circularly polarized primary electromagnetic wave (6B , ,k) propagating in the z-direction. For particle velocity near the beat wave phase velocity w/(k + k0) of the primary wave, it is shown that the presence of a second, moder...

We demonstrate the utility of three-dimensional 3D optical Wannier functions WF’s for quantitative description of electromagnetic wave localization and propagation in 3D photonic band gap PBG microcircuits. Using these localized “optical orbitals” we reconstruct electromagnetic waveguiding in bulk twodimensional 2D and 3D PBG materials, 2D-3D PBG heterostructures composed of 3D PBG structures i...

Kinetic and tluid treatments of nonlinear wave interactions (wave mixing and electromagnetic wave scatrering) in plasmas are considered and the difference between the two approaches is discussed. Solving the kinetic equation by the method of moments makes it possible to substantiate the validity and find the applicability range of the fluid approach to the study of nonlinear plasma processes. I...