Abstract

A simple analytical formula is developed to describe light diffraction by chaotically oriented particles of arbitrary shape. The formula expresses the angular pattern through three well-defined microphysical characteristics of an ensemble: the average cross-sectional area, the average area squared, and the average length of the contour bordering the particle projection.

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