Scattering

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From: Sidney Keith (sidkeith@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Apr 03 2000 - 20:56:45 PDT 

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From: "Sidney Keith" <sidkeith@hotmail.com>
Subject: Scattering
Date: Mon, 03 Apr 2000 20:56:45 PDT

On the subject of blue skies, I realize that I don't really understand what
"scattering" is in the first place. I take it to mean the deflection of
light rays by atoms or molecules, but I don't know what the mechanisms might
be by which the rays are deflected. Is resonance between the light and the
atoms or molecules always involved? Are there other means besides resonance
by which molecules scatter light, and if so what might they be?
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