A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud

The Zodiacal Light, that misty diffuse cone of light seen in the West after Sunset and the East before Sunrise, is a beautiful and intriguing phenomenon. Even though everyone can enjoy the sight from a suitably dark location, it is poorly understood, and has been the subject of relatively little res...

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Main Author: May, Brian. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2007.
Edition:1st ed. 2007.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77706-1
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Table of Contents:
  • Dedication
  • Preface and Acknowledgements
  • List of Figures
  • Abbreviations and Acronyms
  • Introduction
  • The Zodiacal Light, The Phenomenon
  • Preparations and experimental details 1971-1974
  • Reduction of the Data
  • Interpretation of results in terms of physical models
  • Current developments and future plans
  • Appendix 1 program ZLPLT
  • Appendix 2 programs LSQFIT, GAUSSN
  • Appendix 3 programs POLYPT, FLEXPT, MINIPT, MINIPS, GAUSPT
  • Appendix 4 programs STREAM, CONVL
  • Appendix 5 Hicks, May & Reay NATURE paper, 1972
  • Appendix 6 Hicks, May & Reay MNRAS paper, 1974
  • References.