Borghese F., Denti P., Saija R. Scattering from Model Nonspherical Particles. Theory and Applications to Environmental Physics

2nd Ed. — Springer, 2007. — 357 p. — (Series Physics of Earth and Space Environments). — ISBN10: 3-540-37413-2.The series Physics of Earth and Space Environments is devoted to monograph texts dealing with all aspects of atmospheric, hydrospheric and space science research and advanced teaching.The Mie theory is known to be the first approach to the electromagnetic scattering from homogeneous spheres endowed with all the accuracy of the Maxwell electromagnetic theory. It applies to spheres of arbitrary radius and refractive index and marks, therefore, noticeable progress over the approximate approach of Rayleigh, which applies to particles much smaller than the wavelength. As a consequence, after the publication of the Mie theory in 1908, several scattering objects, even when their shape was known to be non-spherical, were described in terms of equivalent spherical scatterers. It soon became evident, however, that the morphological details of the actual particles were often too important to be neglected, especially in some wavelength ranges. On the other hand, setting aside some particular cases in which the predictions of the Mie theory were acceptable, no viable alternative for the description of scattering from particles of arbitrary shape was at hand. This situation lasted, with no substantial changes, until about 25 years ago, when the exact solution to the problem of dependent scattering from aggregates of spheres was devised.Multipole Fields.
Propagation Through an Assembly of Nonspherical Scatterers.
Radiation Force, Radiation Torque and Thermal Emission.
Multipole Expansions and Transition Matrix.
Transition Matrix of Single and Aggregated Spheres.
Scattering from Particles on a Plane Surface.
Applications: Aggregated Spheres, Layered Spheres, and Spheres Containing Inclusions.
Applications: Single and Aggregated Spheres and Hemispheres on a Plane Interface.
Applications: Atmospheric Ice Crystals.
Applications: Cosmic Dust Grains.
Appendix.