= Michael Fowler
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A <physicist> whose electromagnetism lectures connect optical scattering with induced electric and magnetic responses. His treatment of a small <conducting sphere> includes both its <electric dipole moment> and <magnetic dipole moment>, then combines their radiation to obtain the scattered field. The example shows why the material and boundary conditions matter: even when an object is much smaller than a <wavelength>, assuming only an electric response can omit part of the leading scattering signal.<Scattering of EM Waves by Michael Fowler>[Scattering by a Small Perfectly Conducting Sphere: electric and magnetic dipole responses]{ref}
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