Diffraction Effects in Semiclassical Scattering » (1ST)

This book deals with the theory of critical effects in semiclassical scattering, in which the standard approximations break down. Such critical effects are responsible for phenomena such as rainbows and glories.

1. Critical effects in semiclassical scattering;
2. Diffraction and coronae;
3. The rainbow;
4. The glory;
5. Mie solution and resonances;
6. Complex angular momentum;
7. Scattering by an impenetrable sphere;
8. Diffraction as tunnelling;
9. The Debye expansion;
10. Theory of the rainbow;
11. Theory of the glory;
12. Near-critical scattering;
13. Average cross sections;
14. Orbiting and resonances;
15. Macroscopic applications;
16. Applications to atomic, nuclear and particle physics; References; Index.