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OSCILLATORY
MAGNETOACOUSTIC
ATTENUATION
L. F L A X Lewis Research Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration Cleveland, Ohio and J. TRIVISONNO * John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio Received 1 August 1966
E x p r e s s i o n s for attenuation coefficients, suitable for n u m e r i c a l evaluation and valid for all ql, have been developed f r o m the t h e o r y of Cohen, H a r r i s o n and H a r r i s o n . A considerable reduction in the complexity of the equations m a k e s it f e a s i b l e to r e t a i n all o r d e r s in the s e r i e s . Shifts in the e x t r e m a for the m a g n e toacoustic oscillations a r e obtained.
S e v e r a l t h e o r i e s of u l t r a s o n i c a t t e n u a t i o n in m e t a l s h a v e b e e n g i v e n f o r t h e c a s e of f r e e e l e c t r o n s in a m a g n e t i c f i e l d a n d i n z e r o m a g n e t i c field. These theories have demonstrated that the a t t e n u a t i o n of u l t r a s o n i c w a v e s d e p e n d s o n t h e p r o d u c t of t h e w a v e n u m b e r q of t h e u l t r a s o n i c w a v e a n d t h e e l e c t r o n ' s m e a n f r e e p a t h 1. F o r t h e z e r o f i e l d c a s e t h e t h e o r i e s b y P i p p a r d [1] a n d M o r s e [2] a r e in a g r e e m e n t . C o h e n e t a l . [3] d e v e l o p e d a g e n e r a l t h e o r y of t h e m a g n e t i c f i e l d d e p e n d e n c e of u l t r a s o n i c a t t e n u a t i o n f o r ql >> 1, a n d f o u n d a n o s c i l l a t o r y d e p e n d e n c e on f i e l d strength. Ref.4 gave theoretical results for int e r m e d i a t e v a l u e s of ql. T h e p r e s e n t n o t e p r e s e n t s a n a p p l i c a t i o n of t h e t h e o r y of C o h e n e t a l . f o r a r b i t r a r y ql v a l u e s f o r t h e c a s e of t h e m a g n e t i c f i e l d (H) p e r p e n d i c u l a r to t h e s o u n d p r o p a g a t i o n v e c t o r a n d i s v a l i d i n b o t h t h e h i g h a n d low f i e l d l i m i t s . T h e p r e s e n t c a l c u l a t i o n p r e d i c t s in t h e v a l u e of m a g n e t i c f i e l d f o r w h i c h t h e a t t e n u a t i o n i s at m i n i m u m f o r i n t e r m e d i a t e ql v a l u e s , a result not mentioned explicitly by either ref. 3 o r 4. The solutions obtained by Cohen et al. for the relative attenuation contained the following rest r i c t i o n s : (1) T h e p r o d u c t of t h e u l t r a s o n i c w a v e * Supported by the A i r F o r c e , AFOSR 862-65
Table 1 R e p r e s e n t a t i v e values of e x t r e m a in the r e l a t i v e a t t e nuation coefficient S l l V a l u e s of X V a l u e s of X Relative Relative ql f o r m a x i m u m for minimum attenuation attenuation attenuation attenuation 50
0
166.6
2.92
4.04
149.9
7.24
11
111.8
6..01
60.19
77.15
9.12
43.49
0
8.06
2.59
6.12
4.00
8.30
5.78
5.06
7.24
5.85
8.93
5.10
n u m b e r a n d t h e g y r o m a g n e t i c r a d i u s of t h e e l e c t r o n d e n o t e d by X = qR, w a s of o r d e r u n i t y [2]; ~Vcv/(1 - iwT) I z >> 1 w h e r e w c a n d w a r e t h e c y c l o t r o n f r e q u e n c y a n d t h e f r e q u e n c y of t h e w a v e , r e s p e c t i v e l y , a n d T t h e r e l a x a t i o n t i m e ; a n d [3] t e r m s of o r d e r 1/(ql) 2 w e r e n e g l e c t e d . B e c a u s e of t h e s e r e s t r i c t i o n s t h e t h e o r y of r e f . 3 i s v a l i d o n l y f o r l a r g e ql. S i n c e m a n y e x p e r i m e n t s do n o t satisfy the above restrictions, the conductivity t e n s o r w a s r e f o r m u l a t e d to i n c l u d e a l l o r d e r s of n and ql ff WT<< 1. The expressions developed by Cohen et al. for t h e c o n d u c t i v i t y t e n s o r a r e a s s u m e d to b e v a l i d 569
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f o r all ql and qR. v a l u e s if a l l o r d e r s of n : a r e inc l u d e d . T h i s i nfini-t e s e r i e s c o n t a i n s an i n t e g r a l of B e s s e i f u n c t i o n s in e a c h t e r m ; h o w e v e r , the e x p r e s s i o n s : h a v e b e e n found to i n f i n i t e s e r i e s c o n t a i n i n g no i n t e g r a l s , and h e n c e n u m e r i c a l c a l c u l a t i o n s of the q u a n t i t i e s a r e f e a s i b l e f o r i n t e r m e d i a t e ql a s w e l l a s the l i m i t i n g c a s e s ~ The r e s u l t ing r e l a t i v e a t t e n u a t i o n c o e f f i c i e n t s can be w r i t t e n
E x t r e m a in the a t t e n u a t i o n f o r v a r i o u s ql v a l u e s , e v a l u a t e d by c o m p u t e r , a r e g i v e n in t a b l e 1 f o r S l l . The t a b l e s h o w s that f o r i n c r e a s i n g ql v a l u e s , the v a l u e s of x f o r m i n i m u m a t t e n u a t i o n s h i f t h i g h e r . F o r the c a s e of $22 is s h o w n in r e f . 5 to shift in the v a l u e s of x f o r m a x i m u m a t t e n u a tion but t h e s e s h i f t s a r e e x t r e m e l y s m a l l c o m p a r e d to the s h i f t s in the m i n i m u m p o s i t i o n of S 11. The s m a l l e r v a l u e s of ql g i v e n in the t a b l e a r e in the r a n g e a c c e s s i b l e to e x p e r i m e n t s . The v a l u e s f o r ql = 50 a r e in a g r e e m e n t with r e s u l t s of r e f . 3, w h i c h s h o w s that the p r e s e n t r e s u l t s a g r e e with r e f . 3 f o r l a r g e ql. R e c e n t e x p e r i m e n t a l i n v e s t i g a t i o n s by T r i v i sonno et al. [6] on p o t a s s i u m h a v e v e r i f i e d that the s h i f t s in t a b l e 1 do e x i s t . C a l c u l a t i o n s b a s e d on e q s . (4) to (7) a r e in good a g r e e m e n t with the m a g n i t u d e s of the s h i f t s in the m i n i m u m r e p o r t e d by T r i v i s o n n o . The m a g n i t u d e p r e d i c t e d f o r the r e l a t i v e a t t e n u a t i o n a l s o a g r e e s with the e x p e r i m e n t a l r e s u l t s [6].
as [5]: (~)2 [ ~ _ 1 $1I = " ~ Lb + ~ / w
~ -1
(1)
j
1
$22 -
3[w+¼u2/b]-I
(2)
.1
(3)
$33 = (~-~ -
1)
w h e r e S 11 r e p r e s e n t s the r e l a t i v e a t t e n u a t i o n c o efficient for a longitudinal wave moving perpendic u l a r to an a p p l i e d m a g n e t i c f i e l d ; $22 and 833 c o r r e s p o n d to a t r a n s v e r s e w a v e m o v i n g p e r p e n d i c u l a r and p a r a l l e l to an a p p l i e d f i e l d , r e s p e c t i v e l y . E x p r e s s i o n s f o r b, u, v and w, d e r i v e d in r e f . 5, a r e n=
c~
b=-~ n =1
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(-1)nx2n
(4)
(2n +1)[(12 +X2/q212) "'" (n 2 +X2/q212)]
n =°0
(-1 )n2nx2n- 1
(5)
u = ~ (2n + 1) [(12 + X2/q212) (n 2 +X2/q212)] n=l " ""
n=~ w
(-1)n2nx 2n
_ 1 ~-~
= - n=l ~ (2n + l ) ( 2 n +3)[(12 +X2/q212). . .(n 2 +Z2/q212)]
(-1)nx2n
(q/)2n~== 1_ (2n +1)[(12 +Z2/q212)... (n 2 +X2/q212)]
(6) n =~
(- 1 )nx2n
Y = ~ n__~l (2n + 3) (2n + 1)[(12 +X2/q212)... (n 2 +X2/q212)] . W h e n the m a g n e t i c f i e l d is e x t r e m e l y l a r g e the a t t e n u a t i o n t e n d s to a l i m i t in a d i f f e r e n t way f o r e a c h of the Sij c o e f f i c i e n t s . T h i s l i m i t is found s i m p l y f r o m e q s . (4) to (7) by l e t t i n g x to go z e r o as Happroaches infinity. Hence L i m S l l - (ql)2 15
L i m $22 = L i m $33 = 0 .
In the low f i e l d l i m i t the a t t e n u a t i o n c o e f f i c i e n t s a p p r o a c h P i p p a r d ' s r e s u l t [1] w h e n x ~ ~ .
570
(7)
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