Some notes about scuff-tmatrix interoperability

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+\begin_layout Title
+Important note about the T-matrices obtained by scuff-tmatrix
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+\begin_layout Standard
+From what I managed to dig from the scuff-em documentation (and partially
+ source code, but with less reliability), the spherical waves used in scuff-em
+ are (at least in magnitude) 
+\series bold
+power-normalised
+\series default
+.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+However, the vector spherical harmonics have an additional factor of 
+\begin_inset Formula $i$
+\end_inset
+
+ compared to Kristensson and while Kristensson states the interrelations
+\begin_inset Formula 
+\begin{eqnarray*}
+\nabla\times v_{1lm}(kr) & = & kv_{2lm}(kr),\\
+\nabla\times v_{2lm}(kr) & = & kv_{1lm}(kr),
+\end{eqnarray*}
+
+\end_inset
+
+Reid has 
+\begin_inset Formula 
+\[
+N_{lm}=-\frac{1}{ik}\nabla\times M_{lm},
+\]
+
+\end_inset
+
+in other words 
+\begin_inset Formula $\nabla\times M_{lm}=ikN_{lm}$
+\end_inset
+
+.
+ Therefore, it is quite possible that additional 
+\begin_inset Formula $i$
+\end_inset
+
+-factors will have to be added to the 
+\begin_inset Formula $B$
+\end_inset
+
+ coefficients.
+ Moreover, it is totally unclear whether Reid uses C.-S.
+ phase or not in his spherical harmonics.
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+
+\begin_layout Standard
+I will have to try all the possibilities to see how much it affects the
+ results.
+ If too much, one way to determine it 
+\begin_inset Quotes sld
+\end_inset
+
+exterimentally
+\begin_inset Quotes srd
+\end_inset
+
+ would be to try a configuration with several spheres and compare it to
+ the analytical Mie + translation coefficients -based solution.
+\end_layout
+
+\begin_layout Standard
+According to the documentation, in the output T-matrix files, the outgoing
+ (singular) spherical wave indices are in the lefter columns, while the
+ incoming (regular) wave indices are on the right (and then the T-matrix
+ entry follows).
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