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Verification of the Rayleigh Scattering Cross Section

Physics Education 2010-06-15 v1 Atomic Physics

Abstract

A simple experiment is described for the direct determination of the wavelength dependence of the Rayleigh scattering cross section using the classical example of the blue sky.

Cite

@article{arxiv.physics/0702101,
  title  = {Verification of the Rayleigh Scattering Cross Section},
  author = {Sayan Chakraborti},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0702101},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

3 pages, 2 figures, submitted to AJP

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