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This isn't a HM question, and I'm asking for an explanation.
This is "The effect of a Radio Wave on an Ionospheric Electron"
The integration is weird, I don't follow what is being done.
[tex]a=\frac{-eE}{m}[/tex] - reworking of F=ma
[tex]\frac{-eE}{m}sin(\omega t[/tex]
only interested in the x axis.
[tex]\int\frac{dv}{dt}=\int^{t}_{0}a_{0}sin(\omega t) dt[/tex]
This becomes: [tex]v(t)=v_{0}-\frac{a_{0}}{\omega}cos(\omega t-1)[/tex]
- I don't get where this came from, I understand the indefinite integration, but not where the "ωt-1" came from.
And the last step:
[tex]\int\frac{dx}{dt}=\int^{t}_{0}[v_{0}-\frac{a_{0}}{\omega}cost(\omega t-1)]dt[/tex]
= [tex]x_{0} + (v_{0}+\frac{a_{0}}{\omega})t-\frac{a_{0}}{\omega^{2}}sin(\omega t)[/tex]
Not sure where the final answer comes from. Could't you just integrate it twice, then tack on the definite integral?
This is "The effect of a Radio Wave on an Ionospheric Electron"
The integration is weird, I don't follow what is being done.
[tex]a=\frac{-eE}{m}[/tex] - reworking of F=ma
[tex]\frac{-eE}{m}sin(\omega t[/tex]
only interested in the x axis.
[tex]\int\frac{dv}{dt}=\int^{t}_{0}a_{0}sin(\omega t) dt[/tex]
This becomes: [tex]v(t)=v_{0}-\frac{a_{0}}{\omega}cos(\omega t-1)[/tex]
- I don't get where this came from, I understand the indefinite integration, but not where the "ωt-1" came from.
And the last step:
[tex]\int\frac{dx}{dt}=\int^{t}_{0}[v_{0}-\frac{a_{0}}{\omega}cost(\omega t-1)]dt[/tex]
= [tex]x_{0} + (v_{0}+\frac{a_{0}}{\omega})t-\frac{a_{0}}{\omega^{2}}sin(\omega t)[/tex]
Not sure where the final answer comes from. Could't you just integrate it twice, then tack on the definite integral?