Diffraction Effects in Semiclassical Scattering - H. M. Nussenzveig

Diffraction Effects in Semiclassical Scattering

Buch | Softcover
256 Seiten
2006
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-02587-4 (ISBN)
63,55 inkl. MwSt
Critical effects in semiclassical scattering, in which the standard approximations break down, are associated with forward peaking, rainbows, glories, orbiting and resonances. Besides giving rise to beautiful optical effects in the atmosphere, critical effects have important applications in many areas of physics. However, their interpretation and accurate treatment is difficult. This book, based on the Elliott Montroll Lectures, given at the University of Rochester, deals with the theory of these critical effects. After a preliminary chapter in which the problem of critical effects is posed, the next three chapters on coronae, rainbows and glories are written so as to be accessible to a broader audience. The main part of the book then describes the results obtained from the application of complex angular momentum techniques to scattering by homogeneous spheres. These techniques lead to practically usable asymptotic approximations, and to new physical insights into critical effects. A new conceptual picture of diffraction, regarded as a tunnelling effect, emerges. The final two chapters contain brief descriptions of applications to a broad range of fields, including linear and nonlinear optics, radiative transfer, astronomy, acoustics, seismology, atomic, nuclear and particle physics.

1. Critical effects in semiclassical scattering; 2. Diffraction and coronae; 3. The rainbow; 4. The glory; 5. Mie solution and resonances; 6. Complex angular momentum; 7. Scattering by an impenetrable sphere; 8. Diffraction as tunnelling; 9. The Debye expansion; 10. Theory of the rainbow; 11. Theory of the glory; 12. Near-critical scattering; 13. Average cross sections; 14. Orbiting and resonances; 15. Macroscopic applications; 16. Applications to atomic, nuclear and particle physics; References; Index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 20.4.2006
Reihe/Serie Montroll Memorial Lecture Series in Mathematical Physics
Zusatzinfo 85 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 151 x 228 mm
Gewicht 382 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Angewandte Physik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Optik
ISBN-10 0-521-02587-7 / 0521025877
ISBN-13 978-0-521-02587-4 / 9780521025874
Zustand Neuware
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