Edited by
E. Pike, King's College, London, U.K.
Pierre Sabatier, Universite montpellier II, France
Description
Scattering is the collision of two objects that results in a change of trajectory and energy. For example, in particle physics, such
as electrons, photons, or neutrons are "scattered off" of a target specimen, resulting in a different energy and direction. In the field
of electromagnetism, scattering is the random diffusion of electromagnetic radiation from air masses is an aid in the long-range sending
of radio signals over geographic obstacles such as mountains. This type of scattering, applied to the field of acoustics, is the spreading
of sound in many directions due to irregularities in the transmission medium.
Volume I of
Scattering will be devoted
to basic theoretical ideas, approximation methods, numerical techniques and mathematical modeling. Volume II will be concerned with basic
experimental techniques, technological practices, and comparisons with relevant theoretical work including seismology, medical applications,
meteorological phenomena and astronomy. This reference will be used by researchers and graduate students in physics, applied physics,
biophysics, chemical physics, medical physics, acoustics, geosciences, optics, mathematics, and engineering.
This is the first encyclopedic-range
work on the topic of scattering theory in quantum mechanics, elastodynamics, acoustics, and electromagnetics. It serves as a comprehensive
interdisciplinary presentation of scattering and inverse scattering theory and applications in a wide range of scientific fields, with
an emphasis, and details, up-to-date developments.
Scattering also places an emphasis on the problems that are still
in active current research.
Audience:
Research workers; practitioners in academic, government, and industrial institutions; graduate studens in physics, chemistry, and engineering.
