Optics of Cosmic Dust

Observational Information. - In the Kitchen of Dust Modeling. - Infrared Spectroscopy of Cosmic Dust. - Experimental Light Scattering Matrices Relevant to Cosmic Dust. - Light Scattering Models. - Light Scattering Tools for Cosmic Dust Modeling. - Fractal Aggregates in Space. - Scattering of Light by a Sphere with an Arbitrary Radially Variable Refractive Index. - Calculation of Optical Fields Inside Spheroidal Praticles of Cosmic Dust: Comparison of Different Methods: GMT T-Matrix SVM. - Thermal Effects of Radiation on Dust Particles. - Characterization Methodologies. - Size Distributions of Particles Obtained by Inversion of Spectral Extinction and Scattering Measurements. - Simplified Solution of the Inverse Problem for Instantaneous Cometary Dust Size Distribution. - Monte Carlo Modeling of Cometary Atmospheres Including Polarization. - Atmospheric Extinction Derived from Cometary Observations. - Backscatter Polarization. - Photometric and Polarimetric Opposition Phenomena Exhibited by Solar System Bodies. - Experimental Modeling of Opposition Effect and Negative Polarization of Regolith-Like Surfaces. - Exact Results of the vector Theory of Coherent Backscattering from Discrete Random Media: An Overview. - Numerical Techniques for Backscattering by Random Media. - Dynamics. - The Effect of Radiation on the Motion of Meteoroids. - Covariant Equation of Motion for a Particle in an Electromagnetic Field. - Participants. Language: English