Electromagnetic pulse
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also a transient electromagnetic disturbance (TED), is a brief burst of electromagnetic energy. The origin of an EMP can be natural or artificial, and can occur as an electromagnetic field, as an electric field, as a magnetic field, or as a conducted electric current. The electromagnetic interference caused by an EMP can disrupt communications and damage electronic equipment. An EMP such as a lightning strike can physically damage objects such as buildings and aircraft. The management of EMP effects is a branch of electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) engineering.
[edit]
See also
- Directed-energy weapon
- Electromagnetic compatibility
- Electromagnetic environment
- Electronic warfare
- Faraday's law of induction
- Geomagnetic storm
- MIL-STD-461, a United States Military Standard that describes how to test equipment for electromagnetic compatibility
- Pulsed power
- Transient (oscillation)
- Ultrashort pulse
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "Electromagnetic pulse" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
