Spectro-polarimetry of fine-grained ice and dust samples measured in the laboratory

Olivier Poch (1, 2) , Romain Cérubini (1, 2) , Hans Martin Schmid (3) , Antoine Pommerol (1, 2) , Nicholas Thomas (1, 2) , Nathalie Carrasco (4, 5) , Cyril Szopa (5)

1 Physikalisches Institut [Bern]
2 NCCR PlanetS - National Centre of Competence in Research PlanetS
3 Institute of Astronomy [ETH Zürich]
4 IUF - Institut Universitaire de France
5 PLANETO - LATMOS

Many objects of the Solar System have been observed in polarized light [1]. The polarization of the light is very sensitive to the size, morphology, porosity and composition of the scattering particles. As a consequence, polarimetric observations could significantly complement observations performed in total light intensity, providing additional constraints to interpret remote sensing observations.

Domains: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR]; Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP]

Olivier Poch, Romain Cérubini, Hans Martin Schmid, Antoine Pommerol, Nicholas Thomas, et al.. Spectro-polarimetry of fine-grained ice and dust samples measured in the laboratory. European Planetary Science Congress 2017, Sep 2017, Riga, Latvia. pp.EPSC2017-338. ⟨insu-01592270⟩