rayleigh scattering Definition and 1 Threads

  1. J O Linton

    I Rayleigh scattering and reversibility

    In many books and websites the elastic (Rayleigh) scattering of low energy photons off an atom is stated as being reversible. It seems to me that it is a mistake to think that all elastic processes are reversible. If a process is reversible it should be possible to calculate the initial state of...