Backscattering by a tilted intermediate thickness cylindrical metal empty shell in water

Bernard R Hall1, Philip L Marston1

  • 1Department of Physics and Astronomy, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99163, USA bernard.hall@wsu.edu; marston@wsu.edu.

JASA Express Letters
|December 1, 2022
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