On the propagation of light in media with higher multipole densities
The theory of propagation of light through a medium of molecules with induced multipole moments of arbitrary order is studied. Positional and orientational correlations between molecules are neglected. A central result is the generalization of Lorentz's expression for the average local field acting on a molecule to a medium with higher multipole densities of arbitrary spatial variation. This allows one to avoid the Ewald-Oseen extinction theorem in the description of the mutual interference of secondary waves. The theory of optical activity is reformulated with the aid of a local-field tensor.
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1975
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Authors: | Adu-Gyamfi, D. ; Felderhof, B.U. |
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Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications. - Elsevier, ISSN 0378-4371. - Vol. 81.1975, 2, p. 295-310
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Elsevier |
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