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JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER
Volume 109, Issue 12-13, Pages 2195-2206Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2008.03.007
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negative polarization branch; coherent backscattering; multiple scattering
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We use the discrete dipole approximation (DDA) to perform electromagnetic scattering calculations of particles in a 3D volume. We adjust the spacing between the particles to change the volume densities of the scattering systems from approximately 10% to 100%. For very large volume densities, e.g. > 50%, it is difficult to assign unambiguously whether the system is composed of a single heterogeneous particle or of multiple particles. Our calculations demonstrate optical effects attributable to multiple scattering in systems having volume densities as high as similar to 90%. This suggests that heterogeneities within naturally occurring particle systems can produce multiple-scattering effects. We also see evidence of very deep negative polarization branches (NPBs) (similar to-6%) that may have implications in interpreting polarization phase curves of cometary circumnuclear halos. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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