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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792311892
• ISBN13: 9780792311898
• Release Date: October 1991
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"