Michael Morag edited Simulation.tex  about 10 years ago

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\\  The simulation was made by modeling Appleton's equations with a density profile. Waves were generated at different angles and summed to obtain an interference pattern. The results are shown in figure 6. Waves can clearly be seen as ducted with expected results of waves propagating along density maximum. The parameters used were similar to the experiment with frequency and magnetic field set to 110 MHz and 63.5 Gauss respectively. The density profile used is shown in figure 6. 7.  Due to errors when taking density measurements (not all channels were saved), a different density measurement had to be used. However the utilized density measurements were similar to the ones in the experiment, except the ducting plate was placed on the opposite side of the wave emmitter. The density profile was mirrored about x = 0 cm to best match measured results. Comparing the simulation to the measured results shown in figures 3 and 4, it is evident that they do not match. Though similar, the simulation does not take into account a magnetic field changing along the z-axis.