Light scattering by dust under microgravity conditions

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 80, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 343-368

  Levasseur Regourd, A C ^a   Cabane, M ^a   Haudebourg, V ^a   Worms, J C ^b  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b ESSC ESF   (France)

Author keywords

Dust aggregates; Dust in the solar system; Light scattering; Microgravity conditions; Nephelometer; Polarimeter

Indexed keywords

DUST; LIGHT; SCATTERING;

EID: 0032471884     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1006390518381     Document Type: Article

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