Scattering of a plane electromagnetic wave by perfectly conducting bodies with axial symmetry Victor G. Farafonov$^1$, Andrey A. Loskutov$^1$, and Vladimir B. Il'in$^2$}} ^1 St.Petersburg University of Aerocosmic Instrumentation} ^2 Astronomical Institute, St.Petersburg University} Abstract A new method to solve the problem of scattering of a plane electromagnetic wave by dielectric particles with the axial symmetry was recently suggested in [1]. In this paper we develop a similar approach for perfectly conducting bodies. The method is based on the separation of the fields in two parts: an axisymmetric part independent of the azimuthal angle and a non-axisymmetric part that vanishes after averaging over the angle. The scattering problem is considered separately for each of the parts. Scalar potentials related to the azimuthal components of the electromagnetic fields are used for the axisymmetric part, and superpositions of the Debye potentials and the vertical components of the Hertz vectors for the non-axisymmetric one. Surface integral equations for the potentials are obtained. The potentials are expanded in terms of the spherical wave functions. Infinite systems of linear algebraic equations are solved to find unknown expansion coefficients. We have created a computer code realizing the approach described above. Its high efficiency has been demonstrated for bodies of various shapes under certain conditions on the geometry of the scatterers (see also [2]). References 1. Farafonov V.G., Il'in V.B., Henning T. "A new solution of the scattering problem for axisymmetric particles", JQSRT, v.63, p.205-215, 1999. 2. Farafonov V.G., Il'in V.B., Loskutov A.A. "On applicability of T-matrix-like methods", this conference.