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    Interstellar extinction by composite grains
    (Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2001-06-24) Vaidya, D.B.; Gupta, R; Dobbie, J.S.; et.al
    Recent studies indicate that interstellar grains are composites of very small individual particles of silicates and carbon glued together into an aggregate. Using the discrete dipole approximation (DDA), we calculate the extinction, scattering and absorption e ciencies for composite grains assumed to be made of a host silicate sphere with embedded graphite inclusions. In particular, we study the extinction as a function of inclusion size and volume fraction. Using the extinction e ciencies of these composite grains, we evaluate the interstellar extinction curve in the wavelength region of 0:55 m−0:20 m.