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The theory of the incoherent scattering of light by a volume of gas is discussed. It is shown that the wave mechanical treatment contains difficulties; the scattering process cannot be accounted for alone by the density fluctuation of an ensemble of atoms described by a collective wave function.
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Jánossy, L. Classical and wave mechanical theory of Rayleigh scattering. Acta Physica 41, 41–54 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03157429
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