How much is the Rayleigh scattering cross section of a Rydberg state atom (or molecular)? For example, the light wavelength is 500 nm.
When the radius of the Rydberg state atom is very large, could the scattering mechnism be Mie scattering?
Dmytro Volkov
Your question is too broad. Due to different behavior expressed by different atoms there is no universal answer. The reason for that is scattering cross section depends on both radius and wavelength (to be precisely it depends on coefficient alpha that is proportional to radio of two).
If you need particular examples you can find some of them in the book - P. Hiemenz, Principles of the colloid and surface chemistry, 2nd edition, p. 276
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