What is the direction of the re-emitted radiation from an excited particle?

When light hits an electron it oscillates and re-emits radiations. What do we know about the direction of this remitted radiation.What is the direction of the re-emitted radiation from an excited particle?
To be completely honest, there is no certainty in the direction of the re-emitted photon. However, there exist theories to propose that although there is no way of predicting this, there is a range of directions within which we can find a probability function -- and thus a range of possible directions to look in. This probability range exists as a function of the properties of the incident light, as well as the energy level the excited electron exists within at the time of absorption and emission.What is the direction of the re-emitted radiation from an excited particle?
As per Wikipedia, "The direction distribution of emitted electrons peaks in the direction of polarization (the direction of the electric field) of the incident light, if it is linearly polarized".



Their diagram qualitatively shows the electron emission occurring at the angle equal to the angle of light incident to the norm, but the above statement is obviously more accurate.



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