Physics
Scientific paper
Jun 1975
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975georl...2..255s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 2, June 1975, p. 255-257.
Physics
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Fragmentation, Interplanetary Dust, Particle Spin, Radiation Pressure, Solar Radiation, Angular Velocity, Optical Polarization, Particle Size Distribution, Torque, Zodiacal Light
Scientific paper
It is suggested that the magnitudes of the two radiation-induced rotational bursting mechanisms (Radzieskii effect and windmill effect) have been overestimated and that they do not work significantly faster than the Poynting-Robertson effect in removing interplanetary particles. These two mechanisms are described, and serious doubts are raised regarding the derivation of their radiation pressure-torque proportionality constants, which are required for calculating their magnitudes. It is shown that both mechanisms will cause the alignment of elongated particles and, consequently, the polarization of zodiacal light. Since no positive polarization has been measured at the antisolar point, it is concluded that the magnitudes of the rotational bursting mechanisms are smaller than that of the Poynting-Robertson effect.
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