An experiment to measure Mie and Rayleigh total scattering cross sections

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 620-625

  Cox, A J ^a   DeWeerd, Alan J ^a   Linden, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS   (United States)

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EID: 23044532318     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.1466815     Document Type: Article

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