General derivation of the total electromagnetic cross sections for an arbitrary particle

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 110, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 43-50

  Berg, M J ^a   Chakrabarti, A ^a   Sorensen, C M ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption cross section; Electromagnetic scattering; Extinction cross section; Far field; Light scattering; Near field; Scattering cross section; Vector spherical harmonics; Vector spherical waves

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETISM; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; SPHERES; UNSTEADY FLOW; VECTORS;

ABSORPTION CROSS SECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; EXTINCTION CROSS SECTION; FAR FIELD; NEAR FIELD; SCATTERING CROSS SECTION; VECTOR SPHERICAL HARMONICS;

SCATTERING;

ABSORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 56949083322     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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