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Multiple scattering of waves

Melvin Lax
- 01 Oct 1951 - 
- Vol. 23, Iss: 4, pp 287-310
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This article is published in Reviews of Modern Physics.The article was published on 1951-10-01. It has received 1037 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Scattering & Inelastic scattering.

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