Optics of Cosmic Dust

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Observational Information

   1. In the Kitchen of Dust Modeling

      • N. V. Voshchinnikov

      Pages 1-36

   2. Infrared Spectroscopy of Cosmic Dust

      • G. J. Flynn, Th. Henning, L. P. Keller, H. Mutschke

      Pages 37-56

   3. Experimental Light Scattering Matrices Relevant to Cosmic Dust

      • O. Muñoz, H. Volten, J. W. Hovenier

      Pages 57-70

3. Light Scattering Models

   1. Light Scattering Tools for Cosmic Dust Modeling

      • V. B. Il’in, N. V. Voshchinnikov, V. G. Farafonov, Th. Henning, A. Ya. Perelman

      Pages 71-88

   2. Fractal Aggregates in Space

      • Gerhard Wurm, Martin Schnaiter

      Pages 89-102

   3. Scattering of Light by a Sphere with an Arbitrary Radially Variable Refractive Index

      • A. Y. Perelman, T. V. Zinov’eva, I. G. Mosseev

      Pages 103-118

   4. Calculation of Optical Fields Inside Spheroidal Particles of Cosmic Dust: Comparison of Different Methods: GMT, T - Matrix, SVM

      • V. A. Babenko, P. K. Petrov

      Pages 119-130

   5. Thermal Effects of Radiation on Dust Particles

      • Liudmila G. Astafyeva

      Pages 131-142

4. Characterization Methodologies

   1. Size Distributions of Particles Obtained by Inversion of Spectral Extinction and Scattering Measurements

      • H. Horvath, F. J. Olmo, L. Alados Arboledas, O. Jovanovic, M. Gangl, W. Kaller et al.

      Pages 143-158

   2. Simplified Solution of the Inverse Problem for Instantaneous Cometary Dust Size Distribution

      • M. Kocifaj, J. Klačka, F. Kundracík, G. Videen

      Pages 159-170

   3. Monte Carlo Modeling of Cometary Atmospheres Including Polarization

      • F. Moreno, O. Muñoz, A. Molina

      Pages 171-182

   4. Atmospheric Extinction Derived from Cometary Observations

      • J. Svoreň, J. Žižňovský, Z. Mikulášek, J. Tremko

      Pages 183-190

5. Backscatter Polarization

   1. Photometric and Polarimetric Opposition Phenomena Exhibited by Solar System Bodies

      • Vera Rosenbush, Nikolai Kiselev, Victor Avramchuk, Michael Mishchenko

      Pages 191-224

   2. Experimental Modeling of Opposition Effect and Negative Polarization of Regolith-Like Surfaces

      • Yu. G. Shkuratov, A. V. Ovcharenko

      Pages 225-238

   3. Exact Results of the Vector Theory of Coherent Backscattering from Discrete Random Media: An Overview

      • Michael Mishchenko, Victor Tishkovets, Pavel Litvinov

      Pages 239-260

   4. Numerical Techniques for Backscattering by Random Media

      • K. Muinonen, G. Videen, E. Zubko, Yu. Shkuratov

      Pages 261-282

6. Dynamics

   1. The Effect of Radiation on the Motion of Meteoroids

      • I. P. Williams

      Pages 283-300

   2. Covariant Equation of Motion for a Particle in an Electromagnetic Field

      • J. Klacka

      Pages 301-312

7. Back Matter

   Pages 313-320

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Optics of Cosmic Dust describes what we currently know about cosmic dust, how we know it, and the research efforts undertaken to provide that knowledge. Areas treated include observational information, dust morphology and chemistry, light-scattering models, characterisation methodologies, and backscatter polarisation and dynamics. Suitable as an introductory text, the book is also a reference guide for the advanced researcher.

• Aerosol
• Solar System
• digital elevation model
• infrared spectroscopy
• modeling
• solar
• spectroscopy
• remote sensing/photogrammetry

• Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, USA

  Gorden Videen

• Astronomical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

  Miroslav Kocifaj

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