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In this paper, we consider a numerical method to solve scattering problems with multi-periodic layers with different periodicities. The main tool applied in this paper is the Bloch transform. With this method, the problem is written into an…

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We consider the scattering of light in participating media composed of sparsely and randomly distributed discrete particles. The particle size is expected to range from the scale of the wavelength to the scale several orders of magnitude…

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For problems of time-harmonic scattering by polygonal obstacles, embedding formulae provide a useful means of computing the far-field coefficient induced by any incident plane wave, given the far-field coefficient of a relatively small set…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-05-24 Andrew Gibbs , Stephen Langdon , Andrea Moiola

Scattering of matter waves through slits has been explored using the Feynman Path Integral formalism. We explicitly plot the near-zero probability densities to analyse the behaviour near the slit. Upon doing so, intriguing patterns emerge,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-10-21 Hardeep Singh , A. Bhagwat

Recently, a diffusion Monte Carlo algorithm was applied to the study of spin dependent interactions in condensed matter. Following some of the ideas presented therein, and applied to a Hamiltonian containing a Rashba-like interaction, a…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2015-05-27 Alberto Ambrosetti , Pier Luigi Silvestrelli , Flavio Toigo , Lubos Mitas , Francesco Pederiva

When computing quantum-mechanical observables, the ``curse of dimensionality'' limits the naive approach that uses the quantum-mechanical wavefunction. The semiclassical Herman--Kluk propagator mitigates this curse by employing a grid-free…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-02 Fabian Kröninger , Caroline Lasser , Jiri J. L. Vanicek

Path integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) simulations have become an important tool for the investigation of the statistical mechanics of quantum systems. I discuss some of the history of applying the Monte Carlo method to non-relativistic quantum…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2016-11-23 Tilman Sauer

Discretizations of the Feynman-Kac path integral representation of the quantum mechanical density matrix are investigated. Each infinite-dimensional path integral is approximated by a Riemann integral over a finite-dimensional function…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephen D. Bond , Brian B. Laird , Benedict J. Leimkuhler

We perform numerical scattering experiments on a Lorentz array of disks centered on a triangular lattice with L columns and study its transmission and reflection properties. In the finite horizon case, the motion of the particles may be…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Hernan Larralde , Francois Leyvraz , Gustavo Martinez-Mekler , Raul Rechtman , Stefano Ruffo

An accurate and fast method is presented for scattering of electromagnetic waves from an array of time-modulated graphene ribbons. We derive a time-domain integral equation for induced surface currents under subwavelength approximation.…

Optics · Physics 2023-06-28 Mahdi Rahmanzadeh , Behzad Rejaei , Amin Khavasi

A fractal approach to numerical analysis of electromagnetic space-time crystals, created by three standing plane harmonic waves with mutually orthogonal phase planes and the same frequency, is presented. Finite models of electromagnetic…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-10-21 G. N. Borzdov

Recently the general form of a translation-covariant quantum Boltzmann equation has been derived which describes the dynamics of a tracer particle in a quantum gas. We develop a stochastic wave function algorithm that enables full…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-09-24 Heinz-Peter Breuer , Bassano Vacchini

By a computer simulation approach we study the scattering of $p$- or $s$-polarized light from a two-dimensional, randomly rough, perfectly conducting surface. The pair of coupled inhomogeneous integral equations for two independent…

Optics · Physics 2010-05-04 Ingve Simonsen , Alexei A. Maradudin , Tamara A. Leskova

We numerically investigate the sensitivity of the scattered wave field to perturbations in the shape of a scattering body illuminated by an incident plane wave. This study is motivated by recent work on the inverse problem of reconstructing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-14 Erik García Neefjes , Stuart C. Hawkins

We introduce modifications to Monte Carlo simulations of the Feynman path integral that improve sampling of localised interactions. The new algorithms generate trajectories in simple background potentials designed to concentrate them about…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-06 Ivan Ahumada , James P. Edwards

The potential scattering of electrons carrying non--zero quanta of the orbital angular momentum (OAM) is studied in a framework of the generalized Born approximation, developed in our recent paper by Karlovets \textit{et al.}, Phys. Rev. A.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2017-03-21 D. V. Karlovets , G. L. Kotkin , V. G. Serbo , A. Surzhykov

We consider the classical self-dual Yang-Mills equation in 3+1-dimensional Minkowski space. We have found an exact solution, which describes scattering of $n$ plane waves. In order to write the solution in a compact form, it is convenient…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 V. E. Korepin , T. Oota

Compton scatter tomography is an emerging technique with attractive applications in several fields in imaging such as non-destructive testing and medical scanning. In this paper, we introduce a novel modality in three dimensions with a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-18 Javier Cebeiro , Cecilia Tarpau , Marcela Morvidone , Diana Rubio , Mai Nguyen

This paper describes the use of Feynman photon path integrals to compute the probability of detecting reflected, diffracted, and scattered photons at different points in space after interacting with conduction electrons. Five examples are…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-19 Stephen E. Derenzo

The scattering equation formalism is a general framework for calculation of amplitudes in theories of massless particles. We provide a detailed introduction to the 4D scattering equation framework accessible to non-experts, outline current…

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