On Rayleigh approximation for non-ellipsoids

Authors

  • V. G. Farafonov
  • V. B. Il'in
  • M. S. Prokopjeva
  • S. V. Barkanov
  • A. A. Vinokurov
  • T. N. Khoudyakova

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1478/C1V89S1P033

Abstract

We consider polarizability of a small arbitrary shaped particle that is obtained from the electrostatic theory under the assumption of the uniform internal field. For ellipsoids, this assumption is known to be always correct and such a polarizability leads to the standard Rayleigh approximation. We show that application of our approximate polarizability provides acceptable results not only for particles close to ellipsoids, but also for scatterers of essentially different shapes.
Mount Aetna from Taormina by Thomas Cole (1843)

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Published

2011-09-15

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Vol 89, SUPPLEMENT NO 1 (2011): ELS XIII Conference

Section

Past Conference Papers

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