by Ng Pak Hong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-112). / Text in English; abstract also in Chinese. / by Ng Pak Hong. / Acknowledgments --- p.i / Abstract --- p.ii / Table of contents --- p.iv / Chapter Chapter 1 --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- History --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Airy Theory --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Rainbow angle --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Airy's cubic wave front --- p.4 / Chapter 1.3 --- High-order rainbows --- p.7 / Chapter 1.4 --- Glare points --- p.8 / Chapter 1.5 --- Interference between overlapping rainbows --- p.10 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- HIGH-ORDER RAINBOWS --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1 --- Experiment --- p.17 / Chapter 2.2 --- Results and discussions --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- General features --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Angular positions and angular widths of rainbows --- p.21 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Rainbow intensities as functions of order number --- p.22 / Chapter 2.3 --- Vertical positions of rainbows --- p.24 / Chapter 2.4 --- Vertical spreads of rainbows --- p.26 / Chapter 2.5 --- Rainbow patterns at different values of the refractive index ..… --- p.28 / Chapter 2.6 --- Effect of eccentricity of a droplet's circumference in the equatorial plane on the rainbow angles --- p.30 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- GLARE POINTS --- p.56 / Chapter 3.1 --- Experiment --- p.56 / Chapter 3.2 --- Results and discussions --- p.57 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- General features --- p.57 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Glare point position and intensity --- p.58 / Chapter A. --- Glare point position --- p.58 / Chapter B. --- Glare point intensity --- p.61 / Chapter C. --- Summary of results of glare points --- p.62 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Fourier transform of rainbow patterns --- p.63 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- INTERFERENCE BETWEEN OVERLAPPING RAINBOWS --- p.90 / Chapter 4.1 --- Experiment --- p.90 / Chapter 4.2 --- Results and discussions --- p.91 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- General features --- p.91 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Simulation of the interference --- p.91 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Estimation of the droplet vibration amplitude and frequency --- p.95 / Chapter 4.3 --- Comparison with results of Lock and Woodruff --- p.96 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- CONCLUSION --- p.107 / APPENDIX A --- p.109 / References --- p.111
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322279 |
| Date | January 1998 |
| Contributors | Ng, Pak Hong., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Physics. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, v, 112 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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