LIGHT-SCATTERING BY GAUSSIAN RANDOM PARTICLES

Authors
MUINONEN K
Citation
K. Muinonen, LIGHT-SCATTERING BY GAUSSIAN RANDOM PARTICLES, Earth, moon, and planets, 72(1-3), 1996, pp. 339-342
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics","Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Earth, moon, and planets → ACNP
ISSN journal
01679295
Volume
72
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
339 - 342
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-9295(1996)72:1-3<339:LBGRP>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
We introduce multivariate lognormal statistics to describe the shapes of small particles, and compute scattering phase matrices in the ray o ptics approximation. The results help us understand Light scattering b y solar system dust particles, and thereby constrain the physical prop erties of, for example, asteroid regoliths and cometary comae. The pre sent stochastic geometry could turn useful in modeling the shapes of a steroids.