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Scattering from nonspherical Chebyshev particles. 2: Means of angular scattering patterns

W J Wiscombe, A Mugnai

    Applied Optics
    |June 10, 2010
    PubMed
    Summary

    Angular scattering properties of nonspherical particles were studied. Results show similarities with experimental data, suggesting a general theory for nonspherical scattering is possible.

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