TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mishchenko,Michael I.
TI  - Electromagnetic scattering by particles and particle groups: an introduction 
SN  - 9780521519922 (hbk.)
U1  - 535.4 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press, 
KW  - Light
KW  - Scattering
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 406-426) and index; 1. Introduction; 
2. The macroscopic Maxwell equations and monochromatic fields; 
3. Fundamental homogeneous-medium solutions of the macroscopic Maxwell equations; 
4. Basic theory of frequency-domain electromagnetic scattering by a fixed finite object; 
5. Far-field scattering; 
6. The Foldy equations; 
7. The Stokes parameters; 
8. Poynting-Stokes tensor; 
9. Polychromatic electromagnetic fields; 
10. Polychromatic scattering by fixed and randomly changing objects; 
11. Measurement of electromagnetic energy flow; 
12. Measurement of the Stokes parameters; 
13. Description of far-field scattering in terms of actual optical observables; 
14. Electromagnetic scattering by a small random group of sparsely distributed particles; 
15. Statistically isotropic and mirror-symmetric random particles; 
16. Numerical computations and laboratory measurements of electromagnetic scattering; 
17. Far-field observables: qualitative and quantitative traits; 
18. Electromagnetic scattering by discrete random media: far field; 
19. Near-field scattering by a sparse discrete random medium: microphysical radiative transfer theory; 
20. Radiative transfer in plane-parallel particulate media; 
21. Weak localization; 
22. Epilogue; 
Appendix A. Dyads and dyadics; 
Appendix B. Free-space dyadic Green's function; 
Appendix C. Euler rotation angles; 
Appendix D. Spherical-wave expansion of a plane wave in the far zone; 
Appendix E. Integration quadrature formulas; 
Appendix F. Wigner d-functions;
Appendix G. Stationary phase evolution of a double integral; Appendix H. Hints and answers to selected problems; 
References; 
Index
N2  - A self-contained, accessible introduction to the basic concepts, formalism and recent advances in electromagnetic scattering, for researchers and graduate students
ER  -