Extinction paradox
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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. Several explanations for this phenomenon have been proposed: destructive interference inside particle shadow
diffraction and shadowing of light by particle
superposition of incident and scattered field
cancellation of incident wave inside particle
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2021-12-19T01:55:20Z
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