Sentences with phrase «reflect electromagnetic waves»
When in an energized state, the enclosed plasma can readily radiate, absorb or reflect electromagnetic waves.
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Light from the stellar remnant, a neutron star located about 400 light - years away, is polarized, meaning that its electromagnetic waves are oriented preferentially in a particular direction like light that reflects off the surface of water (SN: 7/8/06, p. 24).
The reflected sample beam is recombined with the locally circulated light, and the difference in phase between the two beams — the relative alignment of the troughs and crests of their electromagnetic waves — yields a very precise measure of the distance the sample beam has traveled.
To alter this behaviour, the team built a device made of 11 concentric rings of circuit boards etched with small metal - lined channels that prevent electromagnetic waves reflecting away.