Laboratory Experiments on Rotation and Alignment of the Analogs of Interstellar Dust Grains by Radiation

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 614; no. 2; pp. 781 - 795
• Main Authors: Abbas, M. M, Craven, P. D, Spann, J. F, Tankosic, D, LeClair, A, Gallagher, D. L, West, E. A, Weingartner, J. C, Witherow, W. K, Tielens, A. G. G. M
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL IOP Publishing 20.10.2004; University of Chicago Press
• Subjects: Astronomy; Dust processes (condensation, evaporation, sputtering, mantle growth, etc.); Earth, ocean, space; Exact sciences and technology; Fundamental aspects of astrophysics; Fundamental astronomy and astrophysics. Instrumentation, techniques, and astronomical observations; Interstellar dust grains ; diffuse emission ; infrared cirrus; Interstellar medium (ism) and nebulae in milky way; Radiation mechanisms, polarization; Stellar systems. Galactic and extragalactic objects and systems. The universe; Star light; Laboratory study; Alignment; Optical polarization; Dust grain; Interstellar dust; Interstellar magnetic fields; Experimental study; Rotation; Interstellar matter; Interstellar grains

The processes and mechanisms involved in the rotation and alignment of interstellar dust grains have been of great interest in astrophysics ever since the surprising discovery of the polarization of starlight more than half a century ago. Numerous theories, detailed mathematical models, and numerica...