Rayleigh scattering
(DOMINANTLY) ELASTIC SCATTERING OF LIGHT OR OTHER ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION BY PARTICLES MUCH SMALLER THAN THE WAVELENGTH OF THE RADIATION
Rayleigh Scattering; Raleigh scattering; Rayleigh light scattering; Molecular scattering; Rayleigh's scattering law; Rayleigh-Brillouin scattering; Ralegh scattering; Raghley scattering
Rayleigh scattering ( ), named after the 19th-century British physicist Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt),Lord Rayleigh (John Strutt) refined his theory of scattering in a series of papers; see Works. is the predominantly elastic scattering of light or other electromagnetic radiation by particles much smaller than the wavelength of the radiation.