http://arxiv.org/abs/1612.05783
We present an analysis of the diffuse ultraviolet (UV) emission near the Taurus Molecular Cloud based on observations made by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX). We used a Monte Carlo dust scattering model to show that about half of the scattered flux originates in the molecular cloud with 25% arising in the foreground and 25% behind the cloud. The best-fit albedo of the dust grains is 0.3 but the geometry is such that we could not constrain the phase function asymmetry factor (g).
Sathyanarayan. , J. Murthy and K. Narayanankutty
Tue, 20 Dec 16
83/88
Comments: 8 pages, 14 figures, 1 table