The pressure spectrum of the sonic-boom N wave is simply given by P (ω) = (2π)−12TP(T)j1(ωT/2), where T is the boom duration, P(T) is the pressure amplitude, and j1(ωT/2) is a spherical Bessel function of the first kind and order. The effective acoustic period of the N wave is approximately 32 times its duration. The present formulation is a simplification of those by Crocker and Young. The spectrum formula given by Zepler and Harel is incomplete.
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