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'''Light scattering''' is a form of [[scattering]] in which [[light]] in the form of propagating energy is scattered. Light scattering can be thought of as the deflection of a [[ray (optics)|ray]] from a straight path, for example by irregularities in the propagation [[optical medium|medium]], [[light scattering by particles|particles]], or in the interface between two media. Deviations from the [[law of reflection]] due to irregularities on a surface are also usually considere(contracted; show full)the Rayleigh line, which may be associated with the creation and annihilation of a phonon.<ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1103/RevModPhys.38.205|title=Spectral Distribution of Scattered Light in a Simple Fluid|year=1966|last1=Mountain|first1=Raymond D.|journal=Reviews of Modern Physics|volume=38|pages=205|bibcode=1966RvMP...38..205M}}</ref> The light wave is considered to be scattered by the density maximum or amplitude of the acoustic phonon, in the same manner that [[X-rays]] are scattered by the 
[[crystal plane]]s in a solid.<ref>{{cite journal|author=Fabelinskii, I.L.
|title=Theory of Light Scattering in Liquids and Solids|journal=Adv. Phys. Sci. (USSR)
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*M. Mishchenko, L. Travis, A. Lacis: ''Scattering, Absorption, and Emission of Light by Small Particles'', Cambridge University Press, 2002.

==External links==
*[http://www.opticsinfobase.org/submit/ocis/OCIS_2007.pdf Optics Classification and Indexing Scheme (OCIS)], [[Optical Society of America]], 1997

[[Category:Glass physics]]
[[Category:Scattering]]
[[Category:Scattering, absorption and radiative transfer (optics)]]