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Coherent backscattering in planetary regoliths

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Atmosphereless solar-system objects exhibit two ubiquitous light-scattering phenomena at small solar phase angles (sun.object.observer angle α): first, the opposition effect in the intensity of scattered sunlight (e.g., [1]); and, second, the negative degree of linear polarization (I ┴ − I ║)/(I ┴ + I ║). Here I ║ denotes the intensity component parallel to the scattering plane defined by the Sun, the object, and the observer and I ┴ denotes the component perpendicular to that plane [2].

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Muinonen, K., Tyynelä, J., Zubko, E., Videen, G. (2010). Coherent backscattering in planetary regoliths. In: Kokhanovsky, A. (eds) Light Scattering Reviews 5. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10336-0_11

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