Numerical study of particle-size distributions retrieved from angular light-scattering data using an evolution strategy with the Fraunhofer approximation

An algorithm is presented based on an evolution strategy to retrieve a particle size distribution from angular light-scattering data. The analyzed intensity patterns are generated using the Mie theory, and the algorithm retrieves a series of known normal, gamma, and lognormal distributions by using...

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Autores: JAVIER VARGAS UBERA, JUAN JAIME SANCHEZ ESCOBAR, J. FELIX AGUILAR VALDEZ, DAVID MICHAEL GALE
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2007
País:México
Institución:Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica
Repositorio:Repositorio Institucional del INAOE
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx:1009/915
Acceso en línea:http://inaoe.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1009/915
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:info:eu-repo/classification/cti/1
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/22
info:eu-repo/classification/cti/2209
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Sumario:An algorithm is presented based on an evolution strategy to retrieve a particle size distribution from angular light-scattering data. The analyzed intensity patterns are generated using the Mie theory, and the algorithm retrieves a series of known normal, gamma, and lognormal distributions by using the Fraunhofer approximation. The distributions scan the interval of modal size parameters 100 ≤ α ≤ 150. The numerical results show that the evolution strategy can be successfully applied to solve this kind of inverse problem, obtaining a more accurate solution than, for example, the Chin–Shifrin inversion method, and avoiding the use of a priori information concerning the domain of the distribution, commonly necessary for reconstructing the particle size distribution when this analytical inversion method is used.