The main idea of this book is to provide the reader with tools to solve the problem of modeling the interactions between radiation and light scatterers. The authors review contemporary scattering methods and introduce efficient versions of the fast exact methods as well as of some approximate ones. They also summarize theoretical studies of the applicability ranges of the methods, and illustrate the principal effects on optical properties on scatterer shape and structure.

Solution of the light scattering problem.- Approximate methods.- Exact methods.- Comparison of the methods.- Applications.- Conclusion.

1. Introduction,- 2. Light scattering problem,- 3. Homogeneous spheroids,- 4. Analysis of systems arisen from homogeneous spheroids,- 5. Extremely prolate and oblate spheroids,- 6. Layered spheroids,- 7. Axisymmetric particles,- 8. Layered axisymmetric particles,- 9. Small axisymmetric particles,- 10. Some applications,- 11. References,- 12. Appendices.