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This review begins with a discussion of the techniques needed for observations of scattered light from cometary dust. After
an introduction into the basic concepts of the scattering process, observations of the phase curves of brightness, colour
and polarization are covered. Images of colour and polarization are presented and the observed relation of colour and polarization
in jets and shells is discussed. The interpretation of the measurements is based on the power law size distributions of dust
grains observed from space. The power index must lie between 2 and 4 to provide the mass budget and visibility of the dust
coma in accordance with the basic facts of cometary physics. Application of mechanical (radiation pressure) theory to cometary
images allows us to derive related power law distributions for comets not explored by spacecraft. Grain scattering models
are presented and compared with observations. A prediction is made of the spatial distribution of Stokes parameters U and
V in the presence of aligned particles. Up to now such patterns have not been observed. Future work should include the exploration
of comets at small and possibly very small phase angles and a detailed comparison of polarization and colour images of comets
with thermal images and with models based on mechanical theory.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. 相似文献
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