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.. _validation_index:

Validation Examples
===================

This section compares PyMieSim's results against reference implementations.  It
contains scripts reproducing calculations from Bohren & Huffman as well as
cross-checks with the ``PyMieScatt`` package.  Internal tests that exercise
specific parts of the library are also provided.

Contents
--------
- ``bohren_huffman`` – examples based on figures from *Absorption and Scattering of Light by Small Particles*.
- ``pymiescatt`` – comparisons with the ``PyMieScatt`` package.
- ``internal`` – small utilities checking phase functions and energy flow.



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Validation with Bohren & Huffmann
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Scripts reproducing figures from the classic text.



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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnails">

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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Cylinder Scatterer Bohren-Huffman figure 8.10">

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  .. image:: /gallery/validation/bohren_huffman/images/thumb/sphx_glr_figure_810_thumb.png
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_validation_bohren_huffman_figure_810.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Cylinder Scatterer Bohren-Huffman figure 8.10</div>
    </div>


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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Cylinder Scatterer Bohren-Huffman figure 8.7">

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  .. image:: /gallery/validation/bohren_huffman/images/thumb/sphx_glr_figure_87_thumb.png
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_validation_bohren_huffman_figure_87.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Cylinder Scatterer Bohren-Huffman figure 8.7</div>
    </div>


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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Cylinder Scatterer Bohren-Huffman figure 8.8">

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  .. image:: /gallery/validation/bohren_huffman/images/thumb/sphx_glr_figure_88_thumb.png
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_validation_bohren_huffman_figure_88.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Cylinder Scatterer Bohren-Huffman figure 8.8</div>
    </div>


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Internal validation
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Tests checking phase functions and energy conservation.



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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnails">

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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Effect of Shell dimensions in equivalent medium">

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  .. image:: /gallery/validation/internal/images/thumb/sphx_glr_core_shell_empty_shell_thumb.png
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_validation_internal_core_shell_empty_shell.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Effect of Shell dimensions in equivalent medium</div>
    </div>


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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Goniometric Coupling vs S1 S2 Comparison">

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  .. image:: /gallery/validation/internal/images/thumb/sphx_glr_phase_function_detector_thumb.png
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_validation_internal_phase_function_detector.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Goniometric Coupling vs S1 S2 Comparison</div>
    </div>


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    </div>

Validation with PyMieScatt
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Comparison scripts using the PyMieScatt package.



.. raw:: html

    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnails">

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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Core-Shell Particles: 0">

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  .. image:: /gallery/validation/pymiescatt/images/thumb/sphx_glr_coreshell_0_thumb.png
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_validation_pymiescatt_coreshell_0.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Core-Shell Particles: 0</div>
    </div>


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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Core-Shell Particles: 1">

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  .. image:: /gallery/validation/pymiescatt/images/thumb/sphx_glr_coreshell_1_thumb.png
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_validation_pymiescatt_coreshell_1.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Core-Shell Particles: 1</div>
    </div>


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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Sphere Particles: 0">

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  .. image:: /gallery/validation/pymiescatt/images/thumb/sphx_glr_sphere_0_thumb.png
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_validation_pymiescatt_sphere_0.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Sphere Particles: 0</div>
    </div>


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    <div class="sphx-glr-thumbcontainer" tooltip="Sphere Particles: 1">

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  .. image:: /gallery/validation/pymiescatt/images/thumb/sphx_glr_sphere_1_thumb.png
    :alt:

  :ref:`sphx_glr_gallery_validation_pymiescatt_sphere_1.py`

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      <div class="sphx-glr-thumbnail-title">Sphere Particles: 1</div>
    </div>


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    </div>


.. toctree::
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   /gallery/validation/bohren_huffman/index.rst
   /gallery/validation/internal/index.rst
   /gallery/validation/pymiescatt/index.rst



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