Scattering from fractals
The realization that structures in Nature often can be described by Mandelbrot's ''fractals'' has led to a revolution in many areas of physics. The interaction of waves with fractal systems has, understandably, become intensely studied since scattering is the method of choice to probe delicate fractal structures such as chainlike particle aggregates. Not all of these waves are electromagnetic: neutron scattering, for example, is an important complementary tool to structural studies by x-ray and light scattering. Since the phenomenology of small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), as it is applied to fractal systems, is identical to that of small-angle x-ray scattering (SAXS), it falls within the scope of this Working Paper. 9 refs.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 6009545
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-89-1346C; CONF-890791-1; ON: DE89013451
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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