Figure 7
(a) Complex space scattering coefficients for a two-body problem for
np = 1.01,
kd = 3ka with increasing radius ka. Only the coefficients for sphere
p = 2 and
m = 0 are shown. The coefficients were computed from full T-matrix (open circles), in the forward scattering approximation (squares) and the kinematic approximation (diamonds). (b) Comparison of far-field scattering amplitudes for
N = 2,
ka = 30,
np = 1.01,
kd = 2ka using full T-matrix (solid blue), in forward approximation (green dashed line) and kinematic approximation (red dashed–dotted). The forward approximation is indistinguishable from the exact solution in this case. |