Debye series for light scattering by a coated nonspherical particle

Journal Article · Tue Jun 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.81.063812· OSTI ID:21439544

Feng, Xu; Lock, James A ^[1]

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1. Fachgebiet Stroemungslehre und Aerodynamik, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Petersenstrasse 30, D-64289 Darmstadt (Germany) and Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA/California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, California 91109 (United States)

By using the extended boundary condition method, the Debye series is developed for light scattered by a coated nonspherical particle in order to interpret the angular dependence of the scattered intensity in terms of various physical processes. Numerical calculations are performed to study the influence of the coating thickness and the ellipticity of a coated spheroid on the angular position of the {alpha} and {beta} primary rainbows, which are produced by partial waves experiencing one internal reflection. The hyperbolic umbilic focal section is demonstrated and is analyzed for both the {alpha} and the {beta} rainbows.

• OSTI ID: 21439544
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 81, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.81.063812; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
COATINGS
LIGHT SCATTERING
PARTIAL WAVES
PARTICLES
REFLECTION
SPHEROIDS
THICKNESS
VISIBLE RADIATION
DIMENSIONS
DISTRIBUTION
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
RADIATIONS
SCATTERING