Imaging polarimetry of comets

Edith Hadamcik (1) , Anny Chantal Levasseur-Regourd (1) , Jérémie Lasue (2) , S. Roy Choudhury (3) , A. K. Sen (3)

1 PLANETO - LATMOS
2 IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
3 Assam University

Remote imaging polarimetric observations is an invaluable tool to provide information on the physical properties of dust in comets. The observed different comae regions and their evolution are important diagnostics of e.g. heterogeneities of composition, size distribution. Different comets were observed from the 80cm telescope at Observation de Haute-Provence

Domaines: Physique Atmosphérique et Océanique [physics.ao-ph]

Edith Hadamcik, Anny Chantal Levasseur-Regourd, Jérémie Lasue, S. Roy Choudhury, A. K. Sen. Imaging polarimetry of comets. European Planetary Science Congress 2014, Sep 2014, Cascais, Portugal. pp.EPSC2014-294. ⟨hal-01088295⟩