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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The ratio of the [[scattering cross section]] to the geometrical cross section.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Scattering efficiency factors increase with the sixth power of the radius for [[Rayleigh scatterers]] and tend to a value of 2 for nonabsorbing scatterers in the [[geometric optics]] limit.</div><br/> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The ratio of the [[scattering cross section]] to the geometrical cross section.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Scattering efficiency factors increase with the sixth power of the radius for [[Rayleigh scattering|Rayleigh scatterers]] and tend to a value of 2 for nonabsorbing scatterers in the [[geometric optics]] limit.</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:49, 25 April 2012
scattering efficiency factor
The ratio of the scattering cross section to the geometrical cross section.
Scattering efficiency factors increase with the sixth power of the radius for Rayleigh scatterers and tend to a value of 2 for nonabsorbing scatterers in the geometric optics limit.
