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Javier Vargas-Ubera1, Juan Jaime Sánchez-Escobar, J Félix Aguilar

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Area of Science:

  • Physics
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Particle size distribution is crucial for understanding material properties.
  • Angular light-scattering data is a common method for particle characterization.
  • Existing inversion methods often require a priori information, limiting their applicability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop and validate an evolution strategy algorithm for retrieving particle size distributions.
  • To compare the algorithm's accuracy against established methods like Chin-Shifrin.
  • To assess the algorithm's ability to avoid the need for prior distribution domain information.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Mie theory to generate theoretical angular light-scattering intensity patterns.
  • Employed an evolution strategy algorithm to solve the inverse problem.
  • Tested the algorithm using known normal, gamma, and lognormal distributions within a specific modal size parameter range (100 ≤ α ≤ 150).

Main Results:

  • The evolution strategy algorithm successfully retrieved known particle size distributions.
  • The algorithm demonstrated higher accuracy compared to the Chin-Shifrin inversion method.
  • The proposed method effectively reconstructed distributions without requiring a priori knowledge of the size domain.

Conclusions:

  • Evolution strategies are a viable and accurate approach for solving inverse problems in particle size distribution retrieval.
  • This algorithm offers an advantage over traditional methods by eliminating the need for prior assumptions about the distribution.
  • The findings support the broader application of evolutionary computation in optical particle characterization.