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Equations are given expressingthe coefficients of the expansion of a spherical-particle scattering indicatrix by Legendre polynomials directly through Mie coefficients. The equations are converted to a form suitable for use in a computer.
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Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 648–650, October, 1978.
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Vafin, D.B., Dregalin, A.F. Expressing the coefficients of the expansion of a scattering indicatrix through Mie coefficients. Journal of Engineering Physics 35, 1186–1188 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00860382
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00860382