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Rayleigh scattering cross-sections of nitrogen and argon Wu, Michael W. H.

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Rayleigh Scattering from neutral nitrogen and argon at room temperature has been studied using a 12 megawatt Q-switched pulse ruby laser. The scattering angle was chosen to be 90 degrees from the incident beam. The relative differential scattering cross-section and the pressure dependence of the scattered signal of the scattering media were determined. Measurements of the absolute differential cross-section of nitrogen and argon were also obtained. I found that the results agree very satisfactorily with the prediction of the theory within experimental error.

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