The Theory of Cosmic Grains

by Chandra Wickramasinghe, Fred Hoyle, B. Hoyle, et al.

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 940105505X
• ISBN13: 9789401055055
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"