Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Nov 1978
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978apj...225..880m&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 225, Nov. 1, 1978, p. 880-886.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Astronomical Photometry, Color, Interstellar Extinction, Interstellar Matter, Linear Polarization, Particle Size Distribution, Absorptivity, Stellar Spectrophotometry
Scientific paper
Various color excess ratios, the ratio (R) of total to selective extinction, and values of the wavelength of maximum interstellar linear polarization (lambda max) are computed and displayed as functions of mean interstellar grain size and absorption coefficients. E(V-K)/E(B-V)-E(u-b)/E(b-y) is shown to be highly sensitive to changes of mean grain size. The shape of the R versus lambda max curve is shown to depend on the amount of absorption initially present in the grains, and on the absorptivity of the material added to the grains. While no simple model of grain growth has been found to fit all the observations, the two stars with the largest values of lambda max (HD 147889 and W67) support the concept of dielectric mantles growing on dielectric grains. It is further shown that more accurate uby and JKL photometry of heavily reddened stars would permit better discrimination between grain growth theories.
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