Learn how plane waves scatter when they meet many parallel cylinders and what that means for real‑world materials.
This work develops a framework to describe the two‑dimensional multiple scattering of electromagnetic or acoustic waves by an arbitrary configuration of parallel cylinders. It explains how to define average fields, separate coherent and incoherent parts, and connect these to observable quantities like reflection and transmission.
- See how a slab of parallel identical cylinders is modeled, including boundary conditions at the cylinder surfaces and how cylinder positions are described statistically
- Understand how the average wave function is constructed from single‑scatterer amplitudes and pairwise interactions
- Discover how the theory distinguishes isotropic scatterers from angle‑dependent cases and what that does to propagation
- Learn how energy flux, reflection, transmission, and the interior field are defined and related in this layered geometry
Ideal for readers needing a solid, math‑guided approach to wave scattering in complex media, including students and researchers in physics and engineering.