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Originally Posted by Ken G
Yup, on all counts. Except for the random thinking.
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Thanks. I'm not all opposed to some of my random thinking, yet it is probably the same as when one is proud of their humility.
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Well, when it looks like a white haze, it's Mie, but when it looks blue, it's Rayleigh (because Rayleigh favors blue, since the scatterers are so small they oscillate faster for higher frequency light, but Mie scattering has scatterers on the same size as the wavelength, so short wavelength light is less favored since the scatterer does not respond entirely coherently. Coherent enough?)
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[There should be some sort of pun precursor to minimize punishment.
] I was referring, however, to the terms elastic and inelastic. Do they have a deeper meaning other than delta wavelength (between the "in" and "out" of a scatterer), with delta=0 for elastic? I had assumed inelastic would require absorption but with less energy upon release.