Optics of Cosmic Dust

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
In the Kitchen of Dust Modeling....Pages 1-36
Infrared Spectroscopy of Cosmic Dust....Pages 37-56
Experimental Light Scattering Matrices Relevant to Cosmic Dust....Pages 57-70
Light Scattering Tools for Cosmic Dust Modeling....Pages 71-88
Fractal Aggregates in Space....Pages 89-102
Scattering of Light by a Sphere with an Arbitrary Radially Variable Refractive Index....Pages 103-118
Calculation of Optical Fields Inside Spheroidal Particles of Cosmic Dust: Comparison of Different Methods: GMT, T - Matrix, SVM....Pages 119-130
Thermal Effects of Radiation on Dust Particles....Pages 131-142
Size Distributions of Particles Obtained by Inversion of Spectral Extinction and Scattering Measurements....Pages 143-158
Simplified Solution of the Inverse Problem for Instantaneous Cometary Dust Size Distribution....Pages 159-170
Monte Carlo Modeling of Cometary Atmospheres Including Polarization....Pages 171-182
Atmospheric Extinction Derived from Cometary Observations....Pages 183-190
Photometric and Polarimetric Opposition Phenomena Exhibited by Solar System Bodies....Pages 191-224
Experimental Modeling of Opposition Effect and Negative Polarization of Regolith-Like Surfaces....Pages 225-238
Exact Results of the Vector Theory of Coherent Backscattering from Discrete Random Media: An Overview....Pages 239-260
Numerical Techniques for Backscattering by Random Media....Pages 261-282
The Effect of Radiation on the Motion of Meteoroids....Pages 283-300
Covariant Equation of Motion for a Particle in an Electromagnetic Field....Pages 301-312
Back Matter....Pages 313-320