The mathematical physics of rainbows and glories

DOI10.1016/S0370-1573(01)00076-XzbMath0974.78008OpenAlexW2078129343MaRDI QIDQ5949173

John A. Adam

Publication date: 15 November 2001

Published in: Physics Reports (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/s0370-1573(01)00076-x

zbMATH Keywords

geometrical opticsAiry approximationMie scattering

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Diffraction, scattering (78A45) Geometric optics (78A05)

Related Items (4)

Singularities of focal surfaces of null Cartan curves in Minkowski 3-space ⋮ Mathematical explanations of the rainbow ⋮ Resonance scattering of a dielectric sphere illuminated by electromagnetic Bessel non-diffracting (vortex) beams with arbitrary incidence and selective polarizations ⋮ Caustics of translation surfaces in Euclidean 3-space

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