Scattering by Nonspherical Particles

The number of scattering problems that can be solved analytically is severly limited by the inseparability of the vector wave equation in all but a very few coordinate systems. In the majority of cases various approximate methods have to be used. An excellent review of the analytic results for perfectly conducting bodies has been given by BOWMAN et al. [4.291. These include circular, elliptic, parabolic, and hyperbolic cylinders the wedge, the half plane, and other geometries. For infinite dielectric circular cylinders, see the review in KERKER [4.2]. 

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A discussion of some theoretical approaches to scattering by randomly inhomogeneous particles is followed in the final section by an outline of recent progress in constructing solutions to problems of scattering by nonspherical particles, including those of arbitrary shape. 

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