Transient response of thick axially symmetric monopoles

The steady-state results for thick hemispherically capped monopoles with or without conical feed sections are used to construct the transient response of such monopoles. For a voltage pulse excitation, file transient waveforms for the transmitted-reflected feed currents, the radiated fields in different directions, and the instantaneous currents on the monopoles are calculated and presented. Steady-state results are obtained by solving the scalar potential integral equation with the axis extended boundary condition using the moment method.