Compact laser light-scattering instrument for microgravity research

Applied Optics

Volumn 36, Issue 30, 1997, Pages 7493-7500

  Rogers, Richard B ^a   Meyer, William V ^b   Zhu, Jixiang ^c   Chaikin, Paul M ^c   Russel, William B ^d   Li, Min ^d   Turner, Walter B ^a  

^a NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b OHIO AEROSPACE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic light scattering; Hard spheres; Microgravity; Static light scattering

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037756663     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.36.007493     Document Type: Article

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