Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

The Theory of Cosmic Grains

  • Book
  • © 1991

Overview

Authors:
  1. F. Hoyle

    1. Bournemouth, UK

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  2. N. C. Wickramasinghe

    1. School of Mathematics, University of Wales, Cardiff, UK

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 168)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction

    • F. Hoyle, N. C. Wickramasinghe
    Pages 1-14

  3. Electromagnetic Properties of Small Particles

    • F. Hoyle, N. C. Wickramasinghe
    Pages 15-46

  4. Interstellar Extinction and Polarisation

    • F. Hoyle, N. C. Wickramasinghe
    Pages 47-71

  5. Reflection Nebulae and the Diffuse Galactic Light

    • F. Hoyle, N. C. Wickramasinghe
    Pages 72-93

  6. Interactions Between Dust, Gas and Radiation

    • F. Hoyle, N. C. Wickramasinghe
    Pages 94-127

  7. Inorganic Theories of Grain Formation

    • F. Hoyle, N. C. Wickramasinghe
    Pages 128-151

  8. The Organic Grain Model

    • F. Hoyle, N. C. Wickramasinghe
    Pages 152-177

  9. Models of the Extinction and Polarisation of Starlight

    • F. Hoyle, N. C. Wickramasinghe
    Pages 178-215

  10. Spectroscopic Identifications

    • F. Hoyle, N. C. Wickramasinghe
    Pages 216-275

  11. Dust in External Galaxies

    • F. Hoyle, N. C. Wickramasinghe
    Pages 276-292

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 293-307
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

Light scattering and absorption by small homogeneous particles can be worked-out exactly for spheres and infinite cylinders. Homogeneous particles of irregular shapes, when averaged with respect to rotation, have effects that can in general be well-approximated by reference to results for these two idealised cases. Likewise, small inhomogeneous particles have effects similar to homogeneous particles of the same average refractive index. Thus most problems can be solved to a satisfactory approximation by reference to the exact solutions for spheres and cylinders, which are fully stated here in the early part of the book. The sum of scattering and absorption, the extinction, is too large to be explained by inorganic materials, provided element abundances in the interstellar medium are not appreciably greater than solar, H 0 and NH3 being essentially excluded in the 2 general medium, otherwise very strong absorptions near 3p,m would be observed which they are not. A well-marked extinction maximum in the ultraviolet near 2200A has also not been explained satisfactorily by inorganic materials. Accurately formed graphite spheres with radii close to O.02p,m could conceivably provide an explanation of this ultraviolet feature but no convincing laboratory preparation of such spheres has ever been achieved.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Bournemouth, UK

    F. Hoyle

  • School of Mathematics, University of Wales, Cardiff, UK

    N. C. Wickramasinghe

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Theory of Cosmic Grains

  • Authors: F. Hoyle, N. C. Wickramasinghe

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-3402-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-1189-8Published: 31 October 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5505-5Published: 24 September 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-3402-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 307

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation