Electromagnetic Scattering by Particles and Particle Groups
An Introduction

A self-contained, accessible introduction to the basic concepts, formalism and recent advances in electromagnetic scattering, for researchers and graduate students.

Michael I. Mishchenko (Author)

9780521519922, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 24 April 2014

450 pages, 125 b/w illus. 18 colour illus. 3 tables 100 exercises
25.2 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm, 1.08 kg

'Featuring over 120 end-of-chapter exercises, with hints and solutions provided, this clear, one-stop resource is ideal for self-study or classroom use, and will be invaluable to both graduate students and researchers in remote sensing, physical and biomedical optics, optical communications, optical particle characterisation, atmospheric physics, and astrophysics.' GeoQ

This self-contained and accessible book provides a thorough introduction to the basic physical and mathematical principles required in studying the scattering and absorption of light and other electromagnetic radiation by particles and particle groups. For the first time the theories of electromagnetic scattering, radiative transfer, and weak localization are combined into a unified, consistent branch of physical optics directly based on the Maxwell equations. A particular focus is given to key aspects such as time and ensemble averaging at different scales, ergodicity, and the physical nature of measurements afforded by actual photopolarimeters. Featuring over 120 end-of-chapter exercises, with hints and solutions provided, this clear, one-stop resource is ideal for self-study or classroom use, and will be invaluable to both graduate students and researchers in remote sensing, physical and biomedical optics, optical communications, optical particle characterization, atmospheric physics and astrophysics.

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction
2. The macroscopic Maxwell equations and monochromatic fields
3. Fundamental homogeneous-medium solutions of the macroscopic Maxwell equations
4. Basic theory of frequency-domain electromagnetic scattering by a fixed finite object
5. Far-field scattering
6. The Foldy equations
7. The Stokes parameters
8. Poynting–Stokes tensor
9. Polychromatic electromagnetic fields
10. Polychromatic scattering by fixed and randomly changing objects
11. Measurement of electromagnetic energy flow
12. Measurement of the Stokes parameters
13. Description of far-field scattering in terms of actual optical observables
14. Electromagnetic scattering by a small random group of sparsely distributed particles
15. Statistically isotropic and mirror-symmetric random particles
16. Numerical computations and laboratory measurements of electromagnetic scattering
17. Far-field observables: qualitative and quantitative traits
18. Electromagnetic scattering by discrete random media: far field
19. Near-field scattering by a sparse discrete random medium: microphysical radiative transfer theory
20. Radiative transfer in plane-parallel particulate media
21. Weak localization
22. Epilogue
Appendix A. Dyads and dyadics
Appendix B. Free-space dyadic Green's function
Appendix C. Euler rotation angles
Appendix D. Spherical-wave expansion of a plane wave in the far zone
Appendix E. Integration quadrature formulas
Appendix F. Wigner d-functions
Appendix G. Stationary phase evolution of a double integral
Appendix H. Hints and answers to selected problems
Appendix I. List of acronyms
References
Index.

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