Scattering and Absorption of Light by Small Particles

Bruce T. Draine, Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University

bhmie-- a modified f77 version of Bohren and Huffman's subroutine for calculating scattering and absorption by spheres.

SCATTERLIB library of light scattering codes maintained by Piotr Flatau.

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Recent Research Articles:

• Shen, Y., Draine, B.T., and Johnson, E. 2008, "Modeling Porous Dust Grains with Ballistic Aggregates I.: Methods and Basic Results", Astrophys. J., submitted (arXiv:0801.1996 [astro-ph])
• Utegulov, Z.N., Shaw, J.M., Draine, B.T., Kim, S.A., and Johnson, W.L. 2007, "Surface-plasmon enhancement of Brillouin light scattering from gold-nanodisk arrays on glass", in Plasmonics: Metallic Nanostructures and Their Optical Properties V., ed. Mark I. Stockman, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 6641, 66411M (pdf)
• Draine, B.T. 2006, "On the Submillimeter Opacity of Protoplanetary Disks", Astrophys. J., 636, 1114-1120 (pdf)
• Draine, B.T., and Bond, N. 2004, "Direct Extragalactic Distance Determination Using X-Ray Scattering", Astrophys. J., 617, 987-1003 (pdf)
• Gutkowicz-Krusin, D., and Draine, B.T. 2004, "Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves on a Lattice of Polarizable Points", (astro-ph/0403082)
• Collinge, M.J., and Draine, B.T. 2004, "Discrete dipole approximation with polarizabilities that account for both finite wavelength and target geometry", J. Opt. Soc. Am., A, 21, 2023-2028 (pdf)
• Tan, J.C., and Draine, B.T. 2004, "X-Ray Scattering Halos from the Galactic Center: Implications for Diffuse Emission Around Sgr A*", Astrophys. J., 606, 296-305 (pdf)
• Draine, B.T. 2003, "Scattering by Interstellar Dust Grains. II. X-Rays", Astrophys. J., 598, 1026-1037 (pdf)
• Draine, B.T. 2003, "Scattering by Interstellar Dust Grains. I. Optical and Ultraviolet", Astrophys. J., 598, 1017-1025 (pdf)
• Draine, B.T., and Tan, J.C. 2003, "The X-Ray Scattering Halo Around Nova Cygni 1992: Testing a Model for Interstellar Dust", Astrophys. J., 594, 347 (pdf)
• Weingartner, J.C., & Draine, B.T. 2001, "Forces on Dust Grains Exposed to Anisotropic Radiation Fields", Astrophys. J., 553, 581-594 (pdf or gzipped PostScript)
• Weingartner, J.C., and Draine, B.T. 2001, "Dust Grain Size Distributions and Extinction in the Milky Way, LMC, and SMC", Astrophys. J., 548, 296-309 (pdf or gzipped PostScript)
• Draine, B.T., & Weingartner, J.C. 1997, "Radiative Torques on Interstellar Grains: II. Alignment with the Magnetic Field", Astrophys. J., 480, 633 (pdf or gzipped PostScript)
• Draine, B.T, & Weingartner, J.C. 1996, "Radiative Torques on Interstellar Grains: I. Superthermal Spinup", Astrophys. J., 470, 551 (pdf)or gzipped PostScript)
• Draine, B.T., & Flatau, P.J. 1994, "Discrete dipole approximation for scattering calculations", J. Opt. Soc. Am., A11, 1491 (pdf).
• Draine, B.T., & Malhotra, S. 1993, "On Graphite and the 2175A Extinction Profile", Astrophys. J., 414, 632. (pdf or gzipped PostScript)
• Draine, B.T., & Goodman, J. 1993, "Beyond Clausius-Mossotti: Wave Propagation on a Polarizable Point Lattice and the Discrete Dipole Approximation", Astrophys. J., 405, 685. (pdf or gzipped PostScript)
• Draine, B.T. 1988, "The Discrete-Dipole Approximation and its Application to Interstellar Graphite Grains", Astrophys. J., 333, 848 (pdf)

Recent Review Articles:

• Draine, B.T. 2003, "Interstellar Dust Grains", in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 41, 241 (pdf)
• Draine, B.T. 2000, "The Discrete Dipole Approximation for Light Scattering by Irregular Targets", in Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, ed. M.I. Mishchenko, J. W. Hovenier, & L. D. Travis (N.Y.: Academic Press), 131-145.
• Draine, B.T., & Lazarian, A. 1999, "Microwave Emission from Galactic Dust Grains", in Microwave Foregrounds eds. A. de Costa-Oliveira & M. Tegmark Astro. Soc. Pacific Conf. Series, 181, 133-149 (San Francisco: Astr. Soc. Pac.) (astro-ph/9902356)
• Draine, B.T. 1999, "Diffuse Galactic Emission from Dust Grains", in Proceedings of the International Conference on 3K Cosmology, ed. L. Maiani, F. Melchiorri, & N. Vittorio AIP Conf. Proceedings 476 (Woodbury, NY: American Inst. of Physics), 283-292
• Draine, B.T. 1996, "Optical and Magnetic Properties of Dust Grains", in Polarimetry of the Interstellar Medium, ed. W.G. Roberge & D.C.B. Whittet, ASP Conf. Series, 97, 16-28.
• Draine, B.T. 1995, "Properties of Dust in Diffuse Clouds" in Physics of the Interstellar Medium and Intergalactic Medium, ed. A. Ferrara, C. Heiles, C.F. McKee, & P.R. Shapiro, ASP Conf. Series, 80, 133.