- Access by Xinjiang University
On the Electromagnetic Surface Wave of Sommerfeld
Phys. Rev. 76, 406 – Published 1 August, 1949
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.76.406
Abstract
It is proved that Sommerfeld's well-known electromagnetic surface wave does not exist in the radiation of a Hertzian dipole over a plane earth because it does not fulfill the so-called "radiation condition." The path of integration chosen by Sommerfeld is correct, but there is another saddle-point overlooked by this author which just annuls the surface wave due to the residue. These results are in agreement with Burrow's measurements.
References (6)
- T. Kahan and G. Eckart, Comptes rendus 226, 1513 (1948)
- A. Sommerfeld, Ann. d. Physik 28, 665 (1909)
- H. Weyl, Ann. d. Physik 60, 481 (1919)
- C. W. Burrows, Proc. I.R E. 25, 219 (1937)
- P. S. Epstein, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. 33, 195 (1947)
- A. Sommerfeld, Jahresber. d. Deutsch. Math. Ver. 309 (1913)