Abstract
Sharp peaks observed recently in a levitation-power experiment are caused by partial-wave resonances. The theoretical results computed from the Mie-Debye theory are compared with experimental observations. The first resonances in each partial wave are extremely narrow and they were not detected in the experiment. We conjecture that the peaks in levitation power do not exist if levitated particles are irregularly shaped.
- Received 3 May 1978
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.18.2229
©1978 American Physical Society
