Scalardiffraktio
Scalardiffraktio is a theoretical construct in wave physics that describes how scalar fields propagate and diffract through media with spatial variation. It focuses on scalar quantities that have magnitude but no direction at each point, such as acoustic pressure in a lossless medium or hypothetical scalar optical fields, and treats diffraction phenomena without explicitly incorporating vectorial polarization.
The term combines the ideas of scale (scala) and diffraction (diffraktio), and is used as an abstract
Mathematically, a scalar field ψ(r) obeys the Helmholtz equation (∇^2 + k^2 n^2(r)) ψ(r) = 0, with n(r)
Applications lie primarily in theoretical optics and acoustics, where scalar models are appropriate, in education to
Related topics include diffraction theory, scalar wave equations, and the broader study of wave propagation in