New Aspects of Electromagnetic and Acoustic Wave Diffusion, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998 Springer Tracts in Modern Physics Series, Vol. 144

Multiple scattering of waves is a rapidly growing field with many applications. The research group "Propagation of Waves in Disordered and/or Nonlinear Media" POAN brought together experts from different disciplines to write this review which covers applied mathematics, optics, acoustics, remote sensing, and seismology.

Multiple scattering of light.- Optical medical diagnostics and imaging.- Effective-medium and coherent-potential approximation.- Acoustic and ultrasonic propagation.- Lidar.- Applied mathematics.- Seismology.

An up-to-date state-of-the-art report Topics brought together by a group of leading experts