Phase function and polarization curve of interplanetary scatterers from zodiacal light photopolarimetry

Details Phase function and polarization curve of interplanetary scatterers from zodiacal light photopolarimetry Phase function and polarization curve of interplanetary scatterers from zodiacal light photopolarimetry

Dec 1973

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Planetary and Space Science, Volume 21, Issue 12, p. 2149-2155.

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Wide-angle ecliptic measurements of zodiacal light brightness (Z) and polarization (P) lead to fundamental results about optical properties of interplanetary scatterers, under a few reasonable assumptions (that they depend upon heliocentric distance by a r-n law, and suffer no significant distortion of their scattering indicatrix between 0.5 and 2 a.u.): 1. The phase function σ(θ) is expressed (Equation 6) as a function of n and of (Z) data. 2. At the elongation ɛ = 90°, the derivative dZ/dɛ yields an absolute determination of the intensity T scattered at right angles from the Sun by a single unit-volume of interplanetary medium (Equation 7). 3. The polarization degree P(θ) of the sunlight scattered by a single volume is derived (Equation 12) from n and from (Z + P) data. For two special values of the scattering angle θ, n vanishes in Equation (12), so that a fair knowledge of the polarization curve (Fig. 2) is reached prior to any assumption, or any forthcoming Jupiter-probe measure, about the value of n. Should n be provided by the Pioneers, then a thorough treatment of the whole problem of phase function and polarization curve can be performed by means of Equations (6) and (12) supplied with available zodiacal light photopolarimetric observations.

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