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In this work, we investigate the contribution of dust scattering to the diffuse H-alpha emission observed in nearby galaxies. As initial conditions for the spatial distribution of HII regions, gas, and dust, we take three Milky Way-like…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-29 Y. Ascasibar , G. Guidi , J. Casado , C. Scannapieco , A. I. Díaz

We calculate the scattering of X-rays by interstellar dust, for a dust model that reproduces the observed wavelength-dependent extinction and polarization of starlight. On interstellar sightlines that produce appreciable starlight…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 B. T. Draine , Khosrow Allaf-Akbari

We use a combination of first-principles density functional calculations and spin-dynamics simulations to explain the unusual diffuse inelastic neutron scattering in the hexagonal multiferroic yttrium manganite, YMnO$_3$. Using symmetry…

Materials Science · Physics 2023-12-15 Tara N. Tošić , Arkadiy Simonov , Nicola A. Spaldin

The inelastic scattering of fast electrons by metastable hydrogen atoms in the presence of a linearly polarized laser field is theoretically studied in the domain of moderate field intensities. The interaction of the hydrogen atom with the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2023-06-19 Gabriela Buica

We have performed elastic diffuse neutron scattering studies on the relaxor Pb(Mg$_{1/3}$Nb$_{2/3}$)O$_3$ (PMN). The measured intensity distribution near a (100) Bragg peak in the (hk0) scattering plane assumes the shape of a butterfly with…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 Guangyong Xu , G. Shirane , J. R. D. Copley , P. M. Gehring

The fragmentation description is used to analyse calculated neutron scattering intensities from kagom\'e ice and spin ice systems. The longitudinal, transverse and harmonic fragments produce independent contributions to the neutron…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2023-06-21 F. Museur , E. Lhotel , P. C. W. Holdsworth

This work is part of an effort to provide more experimental data for the (n,n'x) reaction. The experiments were carried out at The Svedberg Laboratory in Uppsala, Sweden, at the quasi-mono-energetic neutron beam of 96 MeV, before the…

Nuclear Experiment · Physics 2013-03-28 C. Gustavsson , C. Hellesen , S. Pomp , A. Öhrn , J. Blomgren , U. Tippawan

We develop a model for the reflection and transmission of plane waves by an isotropic layer sandwiched between two uniaxial crystals of arbitrary orientation. In the laboratory frame, reflection and transmission coefficients corresponding…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-04-29 Erik S. Thomson , Larry A. Wilen , John S. Wettlaufer

We report neutron diffuse scattering measurements on a single crystal of 68%Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-32%PbTiO3. Strong diffuse scattering is observed at low temperatures. An external field applied along the [001] direction affects the diffuse…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-08-26 Jinsheng Wen , Guangyong Xu , C. Stock , P. M. Gehring

Magnetic diffuse scattering -- the broad magnetic scattering features observed in neutron-diffraction data above a material's magnetic ordering temperature -- provides a rich source of information about the material's magnetic Hamiltonian.…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2022-10-18 Joseph A. M. Paddison

The optical properties of the ice at the geographical South Pole have been investigated at depths between 0.8 and 1 kilometers. The absorption and scattering lengths of visible light ($\sim$515 nm) have been measured {\it in situ } using…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-27 The AMANDA collaboration

A general formalism of X-ray scattering from different kinds of surface morphologies is described. Based on a description of the surface morphology at the atomic scale through the use of the paracrystal model and discrete distributions of…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-07-24 F. Leroy , R. Lazzari , G. Renaud

We present Monte Carlo simulations of the Diffuse H$\alpha$ Galactic Background. Our models comprise direct and multiply scattered H$\alpha$ radiation from the kpc scaleheight Warm Ionized Medium and midplane H II regions. The scattering is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Kenneth Wood , Ron Reynolds

The elastic Rayleigh scattering of twisted light and, in particular, the polarization (transfer) of the scattered photons have been analyzed within the framework of second-order perturbation theory and Dirac's relativistic equation. Special…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-05-23 A. A. Peshkov , A. V. Volotka , A. Surzhykov , S. Fritzsche

The lack of accurate low-energy electron scattering cross sections for liquid water is a substantial source of uncertainty in the modelling of radiation chemistry and biology. The use of existing amorphous ice scattering cross sections for…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-05-27 Ruth Signorell

Water ice's remarkable properties make it an important material across a range of disciplines. The combination of covalent and hydrogen bonds form a long-range lattice of oxygens, which hosts a disordered yet correlated hydrogen network. We…

Currently ~36 different absorption bands have been detected in the infrared spectra of cold, dense interstellar and circumstellar environments. These are attributed to the vibrational transitions of ~17 different molecules frozen on dust…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. C. A. Boogert , P. Ehrenfreund

The dust shell around the evolved star HD 179821 has been detected in scattered light in near-IR imaging polarimetry observations. Here, we subtract the contribution of the unpolarized stellar light to obtain an intrinsic linear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 T. M. Gledhill , M. Takami

The NCrystal library provides a range of models for simulation of both elastic and inelastic scattering of thermal neutrons in a range of material structures. This article presents the available models for elastic scattering, and includes…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-07-28 Thomas Kittelmann , Xiao-Xiao Cai

Naturally occurring ices lie on both interstellar dust grains and on celestial objects, such as those in the outer solar system. These ices are continu- ously subjected to irradiation by ions from the solar wind and/or cosmic rays, which…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-30 E. A. Muntean , P. Lacerda , T. A. Field , A. Fitzsimmons , C. A. Hunniford , R. W. McCullough