Optics of Cosmic Dust
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Optics of Cosmic Dust Bratislava, Slovak Republic 16-19 November 2001
Published on 31. August 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIV, 320 pages
978-1-4020-0820-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2002
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Research
Illustrations
XIV, 320 p.
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
545 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4020-0820-7 (9781402008207)
DOI
10.1007/978-94-010-0628-6
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Gorden Videen | Miroslav Kocifaj
Optics of Cosmic Dust
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Held in Bratislava, Slovak Republic, 16-19 November 2001
Book
08/2002
1st Edition
Kluwer Academic Publishers
€96.00
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Content
Observational Information.- In the Kitchen of Dust Modeling.- Infrared Spectroscopy of Cosmic Dust.- Experimental Light Scattering Matrices Relevant to Cosmic Dust.- Light Scattering Models.- Light Scattering Tools for Cosmic Dust Modeling.- Fractal Aggregates in Space.- Scattering of Light by a Sphere with an Arbitrary Radially Variable Refractive Index.- Calculation of Optical Fields Inside Spheroidal Praticles of Cosmic Dust: Comparison of Different Methods: GMT, T-Matrix, SVM.- Thermal Effects of Radiation on Dust Particles.- Characterization Methodologies.- Size Distributions of Particles Obtained by Inversion of Spectral Extinction and Scattering Measurements.- Simplified Solution of the Inverse Problem for Instantaneous Cometary Dust Size Distribution.- Monte Carlo Modeling of Cometary Atmospheres Including Polarization.- Atmospheric Extinction Derived from Cometary Observations.- Backscatter Polarization.- Photometric and Polarimetric Opposition Phenomena Exhibited by Solar System Bodies.- Experimental Modeling of Opposition Effect and Negative Polarization of Regolith-Like Surfaces.- Exact Results of the vector Theory of Coherent Backscattering from Discrete Random Media: An Overview.- Numerical Techniques for Backscattering by Random Media.- Dynamics.- The Effect of Radiation on the Motion of Meteoroids.- Covariant Equation of Motion for a Particle in an Electromagnetic Field.- Participants.