Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Feb 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991apj...367..561m&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 367, Feb. 1, 1991, p. 561-574.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Interstellar Extinction, Interstellar Matter, Light Transmission, Optical Polarization, Polarized Light, Radiative Transfer, Circular Polarization, Cosmic Dust, Distribution Functions, Electromagnetic Scattering, Grain Size, Interstellar Magnetic Fields, Linear Polarization
Scientific paper
The problem of model theoretical calculation of the interstellar extinction and polarization due to nonspherical grains partially aligned in a magnetic field is considered. The Waterman's T-matrix approach is used to develop a rigorous analytical method to average the extinction matrix over orientations of a nonspherical grain. The method results in minimizing the numerical effort and can be used for efficient numerical calculations in the resonance region of grain size parameters. Numerical aspects of the proposed method are discussed in detail. The range of validity of the Rayleigh approximation in calculating the extinction matrix for partially aligned spheroidal grains is examined, i.e., the values of the equal-volume-sphere size parameter are determined below which the Rayleigh-limit formulas are accurate within a given error.
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