List of Symbols

Latin Letters

A Area (m2)
AdB Attenuation (dB)
images/f04_I0001.gif Magnetic vector potential (Tm)
Aeff Effective antenna area (m2)
A ABCD matrix (matrix elements have different units)
images/f04_I0002.gif Magnetic flux density (magnetic induction) (T; Tesla)
B Bandwidth (Hz; Hertz)
BW Bandwidth (angular frequency) (1/s)
c Velocity of a wave (m/s)
C Capacitance (F; Farad)
C(φ, ϑ) Radiation pattern function (dimensionless)
C Capacitance per unit length (F/m)
D Directivity (dimensionless)
images/f04_I0003.gif Electric flux density (C/m2)
images/f04_I0004.gif Electric field strength (V/m)
f Frequency (Hz)
fc Cut-off frequency (Hz)
images/f04_I0005.gif Force (N; Newton)
images/f04_I0006.gif Coulomb Force (N)
images/f04_I0007.gif Lorentz Force (N)
G Conductance (1/Ω = S)
G Gain (dimensionless)
G Green's function (1/m)
G Conductance per unit length (S/m)
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