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020 _a9780511599903 (ebook)
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_beng
_erda
_cUkCbUP
050 0 0 _aQC20.7.S3
_bN87 1992
082 0 0 _a530.1/5
_220
100 1 _aNussenzveig, H. M.
_q(Herch Moyses),
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aDiffraction effects in semiclassical scattering /
_cH.M. Nussenzveig.
264 1 _aCambridge :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c1992.
300 _a1 online resource (xiii, 238 pages) :
_bdigital, PDF file(s).
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aMontroll memorial lecture series in mathematical physics ;
_v1
500 _aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520 _aCritical 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.
650 0 _aScattering (Physics)
650 0 _aDiffraction.
650 0 _aAngular momentum.
650 0 _aMathematical physics.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_z9780521383189
830 0 _aMontroll memorial lecture series in mathematical physics ;
_v1.
856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511599903
999 _c518596
_d518594