The skin depth
of a substance is the distance to which incident electromagnetic radiation penetrates. In cgs,







where H is the magnetic field in matter, B is the magnetic field,
is the permeability,c is the speed of light,J is the volume current,D is the electric field in matter,
is the electrical conductivity,and
is the electric field.
For a conductor,
, so



This is a diffusion equation. Write

where is the angular frequency. Then



So the skin depth
is given by

A transverse electromagnetic wave therefore satisfies














(1)
where H is the magnetic field in matter, B is the magnetic field,



For a conductor,


(2)

(3)

(4)
This is a diffusion equation. Write

(5)
where is the angular frequency. Then

(6)

(7)

(8)
So the skin depth


(9)
A transverse electromagnetic wave therefore satisfies



(10)



(11)
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