Reciprocity in quantum, electromagnetic and other wave scattering

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Publication:413151

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2011.10.013zbMATH Open1243.81217arXiv1108.5743OpenAlexW3103700297MaRDI QIDQ413151FDOQ413151


Authors: L. Deák, Tamás Fülöp Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 4 May 2012

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The reciprocity principle is that, when an emitted wave gets scattered on an object, the scattering transition amplitude does not change if we interchange the source and the detector - in other words, if incoming waves are interchanged with appropriate outgoing ones. Reciprocity is sometimes confused with time reversal invariance, or with invariance under the rotation that interchanges the location of the source and the location of the detector. Actually, reciprocity covers the former as a special case, and is fundamentally different from - but can be usefully combined with - the latter. Reciprocity can be proved as a theorem in many situations and is found violated in other cases. The paper presents a general treatment of reciprocity, discusses important examples, shows applications in the field of photon (M"ossbauer) scattering, and establishes a fruitful connection with a recently developing area of mathematics.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.5743




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