Diffraction Effects in Semiclassical Scattering

Zusammenfassung Critical effects in semiclassical scattering! in which the standard approximations break down! are associated with forward peaking! rainbows! glories! orbiting and resonances. Besides giving rise to beautiful optical effects in the atmosphere! critical effects have important applications in many areas of physics. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Critical effects in semiclassical scattering; 2. Diffraction and coronae; 3. The rainbow; 4. The glory; 5. Mie solution and resonances; 6. Complex angular momentum; 7. Scattering by an impenetrable sphere; 8. Diffraction as tunnelling; 9. The Debye expansion; 10. Theory of the rainbow; 11. Theory of the glory; 12. Near-critical scattering; 13. Average cross sections; 14. Orbiting and resonances; 15. Macroscopic applications; 16. Applications to atomic, nuclear and particle physics; References; Index.

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• Authors: H. M. Nussenzveig, H. M. (Universidade Do Estado Do Rio Nussenzveig, H.m. Nussenzveig
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.04.2006
• EAN: 9780521025874
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02587-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Montroll Memorial Lecture Seri
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Electricity, magnetism, optics