Irregular hexahedral dust grains yield nearly the same polarization morphology and fraction as spherical grains in self-scattering regimes but with up to 2.5 times higher scattering opacity, and are still insufficient to match observed polarization levels.
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Numerical simulations of porous fractal and consolidated particles show stronger forward scattering, broader polarization peaks, and lower absorption per unit mass than compact spheres, implying larger dust masses from observed fluxes.
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Exploring Polarized Millimeter Emission from Protoplanetary Disks with Irregular Dust Grains
Irregular hexahedral dust grains yield nearly the same polarization morphology and fraction as spherical grains in self-scattering regimes but with up to 2.5 times higher scattering opacity, and are still insufficient to match observed polarization levels.
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Modeling (Sub-)millimeter Scattering Properties of Fractal and Consolidated Porous Particles: Applications to Protoplanetary Disks
Numerical simulations of porous fractal and consolidated particles show stronger forward scattering, broader polarization peaks, and lower absorption per unit mass than compact spheres, implying larger dust masses from observed fluxes.