Interstellar Grains: Effect of Inclusions on Extinction
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2013-10-02 v1
Abstract
A composite dust grain model which simultaneously explains the observed interstellar extinction, polarization, IR emission and the abundance constraints, is required. We present a composite grain model, which is made up of a host silicate oblate spheroid and graphite inclusions. The interstellar extinction curve is evaluated in the spectral region 3.4-0.1 using the extinction efficiencies of the composite spheroidal grains for three axial ratios. Extinction curves are computed using the discrete dipole approximation (DDA). The model curves are subsequently compared with the average observed interstellar extinction curve and with an extinction curve derived from the IUE catalogue data.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1106.4322,
title = {Interstellar Grains: Effect of Inclusions on Extinction},
author = {Nisha Katyal and Ranjan Gupta and D. B. Vaidya},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.4322},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
10 pages, 3 figures