Extinction paradox

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In the small wavelength limit, the total scattering cross-section of an impenetrable sphere is twice its geometrical cross-sectional area (which is the value obtained in classical mechanics). [1]

Several explanations for this phenomenon have been proposed: [2]

References

  1. ↑ Newton, Roger G. (2002). Scattering Theory of Waves and Particles, second edition. Dover Publications. p. 68. ISBN   0-486-42535-5.
  2. ↑ "TPDSci Ind Ext". tpdsci.com. Retrieved 2014-02-28.
  3. ↑ Brillouin, L. (1949). "The Scattering Cross Section of Spheres for Electromagnetic Waves". Journal of Applied Physics. 20 (11): 1110–1125. Bibcode:1949JAP....20.1110B. doi:10.1063/1.1698280.
  4. ↑ Hulst, Hendrik Christoffel (January 1981). Light Scattering by Small Particles. ISBN   9780486642284. OCLC   264445223.
  5. ↑ Lai, H. M.; Wong, W. Y.; Wong, W. H. (2004). "Extinction paradox and actual power scattered in light beam scattering: A two-dimensional study". Journal of the Optical Society of America A. 21 (12): 2324–33. Bibcode:2004JOSAA..21.2324L. doi:10.1364/JOSAA.21.002324. PMID   15603068.
  6. ↑ Berg, M. J.; Sorensen, C. M.; Chakrabarti, A. (2011). "A new explanation of the extinction paradox" . Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 112 (7): 1170. Bibcode:2011JQSRT.112.1170B. doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.08.024., open access at DigitalCommons here


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