Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jul 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986a%26a...163..269l&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 163, no. 1-2, July 1986, p. 269-286.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Interplanetary Dust, Scattering Functions, Spatial Distribution, Zodiacal Light, Brightness Distribution, Coronas, Inverse Scattering, Polarized Light
Scientific paper
The Volume Scattering Function (VSF) and the spatial distribution of the interplanetary dust cloud are examined by inversion of the brightness integral of the F-corona and the zodiacal light. Intensity and polarization observations are used to produce functional representations in the plane of symmetry of the interplanetary cloud, in the meridian plane, and at selected ecliptic latitudes. A modified fan model is shown to be compatible with the brightness data at d = 1 and 0.3 AU, and indicates that the VSF and the local polarization depend upon the heliocentric distance of the observer, but are independent of the latitude. The variations of the VSF and the polarization with respect to the scattering angle may be explained by the preferential removal of absorbing grains as beta-meteoroids.
Lamy Philippe L.
Perrin Jean-Marie
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