Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society · 2008 · 22 citations · 34 references
Natural SciencesMaterials SciencePhysicsInterstellar MediumOpticsSpectroscopyInterstellar DustParticle SizeScattering TheoryCarbonaceous DustColloidal AggregationInterstellar Dust PolarizationLight ScatteringLight Scattering AnalysisLinear PolarizationParticle AggregationPolarization
In the present work, the light-scattering properties of comet Levy 1990XX are studied through simulations using Ballistic Particle-Cluster Aggregation (BPCA) or Ballistic Cluster–Cluster Aggregation (BCCA) aggregates of up to 128 spherical monomers of different compositions (e.g. silicates, carbonaceous materials etc.) and the best-fitting theoretical polarization curve is generated using the Superposition T-matrix code. The best-fitting refractive indices coming out from the present analysis show silicate behaviour when monomer radius is am= 0.12 μm and provide excellent results on the maximum and negative degrees of linear polarization at a single wavelength λ= 0.485 μm for BCCA aggregates.
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Mineralogy and Petrology of Comet 81P/Wild 2 Nucleus Samples
M. E. Zolensky, T. J. Zega, Hajime Yano et al. · Science · 2006 · 645 citations · Full text
COSMIC DUST: COLLECTION AND RESEARCH
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