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scattering
(redirected from Coherent backscattering)

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scattering
a change in the direction of motion of a photon or subatomic particle as the result of a collision or interaction.
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Simulating the sun by shining laser light on lunar soil samples, these researchers found that a mechanism called coherent backscattering accounts for the brightening.
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