Assessing and improving the accuracy of T-matrix calculation of homogeneous particles with point-group symmetries

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 123, Issue , 2013, Pages 169-175

  Volkov, Sergei N ^a   Samokhvalov, Ignatii V ^b   Kim, Dukhyeon ^c  

^a V E ZUEV INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS   (Russian Federation)

^b TOMSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Hanbat National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Extended boundary condition method; Light scattering; Nonspherical particles; T matrix

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; EXTENDED BOUNDARY CONDITION METHODS; MATRIX NORMS; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; POINT GROUP SYMMETRY; SURFACE INTEGRALS; SYMMETRY RELATIONS; T-MATRIX;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BOUNDARY CONDITION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NUMERICAL MODEL;

EID: 84876862573     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.10.008     Document Type: Article

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