Scattering by a Magnetized Cold Plasma Body

In this work we study the electromagnetic scattering by a magnetized cold plasma body, using a surface integral equation (SIE) formulation. To solve the problem, we express the fields inside the anisotropic region using appropriate discrete eigenvalue expansions and, applying the boundary conditions on body's surface, we obtain infinite sets of inhomogeneous algebraic equations from which, upon truncation, the expansion coefficients of the internal field are computed. Then, the expansion coefficients of the scattered field can be evaluated, as well as the bistatic scattering cross section. To conclude on the method's validity, we compute the cross sections, for different values of parameters, for prolate spheroidal bodies, and compare with the results obtained by the HFSS commercial software.