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Includes bibliographical references.

1. Waves -- 1.1. Wave concepts -- 1.2. Energy transport -- 1.3. Complex notation -- 1.4. Fourier analysis -- 1.5. Diffraction -- 1.6. Foundations of scattering

2. Introduction to scattering and absorption -- 2.1. The total cross section -- 2.2. Angles and solid angles -- 2.3. The differential scattering cross section -- 2.4. Extinction, albedo and the efficiencies -- 2.5. Attenuation by an ensemble of particles -- 2.6. Multiple scattering

3. Polarization -- 3.1. Polarized light -- 3.2. Polarization by an oscillating electric dipole -- 3.3. The Stokes vector and the Mueller matrix -- 3.4. The scattering matrix -- 3.5. Polarization upon scattering -- 3.6. Microphysical description for the scattered light polarization for spheres

4. The structure factor -- 4.1. A system of scatterers -- 4.2. The scattering wave vector -- 4.3. The structure factor -- 4.4. The structure factor as a Fourier transform squared of the density distribution function -- 4.5. The structure factor as a Fourier transform of the density autocorrelation function -- 4.6. The density autocorrelation function -- 4.7. And another form for the structure factor -- 4.8. The Guinier regime -- 4.9. The structure factor of the sphere -- 4.10. The structure factor as diffraction : generalization to arbitrary dimension

5. The scaling approach to the structure factor -- 5.1. The scaling approach concepts -- 5.2. The scaling approach rules -- 5.3. The scaling approach applied to various shapes -- 5.4. The scaling approach for single particles -- 5.5. The scaling approach for ensembles of particles -- 5.6. Connections to other formulations -- 5.7. Assessment

6. Rayleigh scattering -- 6.1. Dimensional analysis -- 6.2. The Rayleigh differential scattering cross section for a sphere : electromagnetic theory -- 6.3. The total Rayleigh cross section -- 6.4. Consequences of Rayleigh scattering -- 6.5. Rayleigh absorption -- 6.6. Rayleigh extinction -- 6.7. Rayleigh albedo -- 6.8. The Rayleigh ratio -- 6.9. Limits to the Rayleigh regime -- 6.10. Epilogue

7. Light scattering and absorption by spherical particles -- 7.1. The differential scattering cross section -- 7.2. The spherical particle absorption cross section -- 7.3. Effects of absorption on scattering -- 7.4. Efficiencies -- 7.5. The single scattering albedo

8. Q-space analysis of light scattering by spherical particles -- 8.1. Motivation for Q-space analysis -- 8.2. Q-space analysis of scattering by an arbitrary sphere -- 8.3. The partial scattering cross section -- 8.4. The extinction paradox

9. Light scattering and absorption by fractal aggregates -- 9.1. Fractals -- 9.2. Fractal aggregate structure -- 9.3. Fractal aggregate structure factor -- 9.4. Light scattering and absorption by fractal aggregates -- 9.5. Superaggregates

10. Light scattering and absorption by particles of any shape -- 10.1. Experimental data -- 10.2. The general Rayleigh method for a particle of arbitrary shape -- 10.3. Theoretical calculations of scattering by various shapes -- 10.4. Summary and conclusions

Appendix A. The Dirac delta function -- Appendix B. Aggregation -- Appendix C. A Theory for DLCA fractal aggregate morphology -- Appendix D. The radius of gyration.

This book provides a thorough overview of how particles of any size or shape scatter and absorb light.

Researchers in physics and engineering in optics, electromagnetics, remote sensing, atmospheric physics and monitoring, astrophysics, and biomedicine.

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Christopher Sorensen was born in Omaha, Nebraska. He earned a Bachelor of Science in physics from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 1969. He was drafted and served in Vietnam in military intelligence. He earned his PhD in physics in 1977 from the University of Colorado.

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