{
  "id": "1211.6975",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2012-11-29T16:42:58.000Z",
  "updated": "2012-11-29T16:42:58.000Z",
  "title": "Coherent forward scattering of starlight by a cloud of atomic hydrogen",
  "authors": [
    "Frederic Zagury",
    "Pierre Pellat-Finet"
  ],
  "comment": "Published in Optics Communication",
  "journal": "Optics Communication, 2012, 285, 4001-4",
  "doi": "10.1016/j.optcom.2012.06.009",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.GA",
    "physics.optics"
  ],
  "abstract": "Theory predicts that a plane wave scattered by a thin slab of gas yields, in the forward direction and under specific circumstances, a larger irradiance than would be observed in the absence of the gas. This enhanced Rayleigh scattering depends on the size of the Fresnel zones at the slab location, as seen from the observer's position, and results from the coherence of the scattering. On astronomical scales the exceptional size of Fresnel zones (~1500km) has particular relevance when considering forward-scattered starlight by an interstellar cloud of atomic hydrogen.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2012-11-29T16:42:58.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "atomic hydrogen",
      "coherent forward scattering",
      "fresnel zones",
      "theory predicts",
      "slab location"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "journal": "Optics Communications",
      "year": 2012,
      "month": "Sep",
      "volume": 285,
      "number": 20,
      "pages": 4001
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 1204750,
      "adsabs": "2012OptCo.285.4001Z"
    }
  }
}