A generalized multiparticle Mie-solution: further experimental verification

Abstract We further test our electromagnetic multisphere-scattering solution developed earlier by comparing theoretical predictions from the theory with a set of laboratory measurements of microwave analog to light scattering by aggregated spheres. This solution is an extension of Mie theory to the multisphere case, generally applicable to an arbitrary aggregate of spherical and/or nonspherical particles. It is demonstrated once again that the theory is in a uniform agreement with experiment, convincingly confirming the veracity of the multiparticle-scattering formulation. The computer code for the calculation of the scattering by an aggregate of spheres in a fixed orientation and the experimental data havebeen made publically available.

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