Electromagnetic wave scattering by many parallel to z-axis, thin, perfectly conducting, circular infinite cylinders is studied asymptotically as a ? 0. Let D m be the cross-section of the mth cylinder, a be its radius, andx m ¼ ðx m1 ; x m2 Þ be its center, 1 6 m 6 M, M = M(a). It is assumed that the pointsx m are distributed so that where NðDÞ is the number of pointsx m in an arbitrary open subset D of the plane xoy. The function N(x) P 0 is a given continuous function. An equation for the

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... -consistent (efficient) field is derived as a ? 0. The cylinders are assumed perfectly conducting. A formula is derived for the effective refraction coefficient in the medium in which many cylinders are distributed. These cylinders may model nanowires embedded in the medium. Our result shows how these cylinders influence the refraction coefficient of the medium. Ó 2011 Elsevier B.V.