Astrobiological remote sensing with circular polarization

NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security

Volumn 117, Issue , 2011, Pages 277-294

  Kolokolova, Ludmilla ^a   Sparks, William ^b   Mackowski, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b STScI   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aggregates; circular polarization; comets; homochirality; laboratory measurements; optical activity; T matrix method

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883430148     PISSN: 18746519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1636-0_11     Document Type: Review

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