Conceived more than six years ago, this book took much effort to develop, and several updates in parts of the book became necessary because significant ad­ vances in the field of Interplanetary Dust had occurred.

Color Plates.- Contributors.- Historical Perspectives.- I. Introductory Overview.- II. Early Reports on the Zodiacal Light.- III. Zodiacal Light Observations Until the Beginning of the Space Age.- IV. After the Beginning of the Space Age.- V. Microcraters on Lunar Surface Samples and the Lunar Ejecta and Micrometeorite Experiment.- VI. Experiments on Satellites and Space Probes.- VII. Important Results of the Dust Experiments PIA/PUMA and DIDSY on the Missions GIOTTO and VeGa to Comet Halley.- VIII. Outlook.- References.- Optical and Thermal Properties of Interplanetary Dust.- I. Zodiacal Scattered Light.- II. F-Corona Scattered Light.- III. Zodiacal and F -Coronal Thermal Emission.- IV. Local Scattering and Thermal Properties.- V. Conclusions and Perspectives.- References.- Cometary Dust.- I. Introduction.- II. Dust Dynamical Properties.- III. Dust Optical and Physical Properties.- IV. Dust Chemical and Isotopic Composition.- V. The Future.- References.- Near Earth Environment.- I. Introduction.- II. The Earth as a Target.- II.B. Meteoroid Properties and Dynamics.- III. Space Debris.- IV. Modelling Tools.- V. Measurements.- VI. Summary.- References.- Discoveries from Observations and Modeling of the 1998/99 Leonids.- I. Introduction.- II. Meteoroid Streams and Meteor Storms.- III. Observing Campaigns.- IV. Meteoroid Morphology and Composition.- V. The Impact Hazard.- VI. Interaction of Meteoroids with the Atmosphere.- VII. Atmospheric Phenomena.- References.- Properties of Interplanetary Dust: Information from Collected Samples.- I. Introduction.- II. Antarctic and Greenland Micrometeorites.- III. Stratospheric Interplanetary Dust.- IV. Origins.- References.- In situ Measurements of Cosmic Dust.- I. Introduction.- II. Characteristics of In-Situ Dust Measurements in Space.- III. Measurements at 1 AU.- IV. Measurements Within the Zodiacal Cloud.- V. Measurements in the Outer Solar System.- VI. Characteristics of the Interplanetary Dust Complex as Measured by Spacecraft.- VII. Future Developments.- References.- Synthesis of Observations.- Preamble.- I. Introduction.- II. Early Modeling.- III. Basic Formulation.- IV. Meteoroid Data Sets.- V. Divine’s Original Model Populations.- VI. Comparison of Divine’s Model with Observations.- VII. New Results.- VIII. Future Developments.- References.- Instrumentation.- I. Introduction.- II. Detection and Characterization of Dust Particles.- III. Flight Instrumentation.- IV. Laboratory Simulation.- References.- Physical Processes on Interplanetary Dust.- I. Introduction.- II. Collisional Growth of Solid Particles.- III. Collisional Fragmentation.- IV. Sublimation.- V. Sputtering.- VI. Charging.- VII. Lifetimes.- References.- Interactions with Electromagnetic Radiation: Theory and Laboratory Simulations.- I. Introduction.- II. A Physical Dust Model.- III. Optical Constants.- IV. Scattering Solutions.- V. Results.- VI. Closing Remarks.- References.- Orbital Evolution of Interplanetary Dust.- I. Introduction.- II. Forces and Collisions.- III. Orbital Evolution.- IV. Dust Bands.- V. Background Cloud.- VI. Resonant Ring.- VII. Accretion of IDPs.- VIII. Conclusions.- References.- Dusty Rings and Circumplanetary Dust: Observations and Simple Physics.- I. Introduction.- II. Description.- III. Physical and Dynamical Processes Acting on Circumplanetary Dust.- IV. Celestial Mechanics and Orbital Evolution.- V. Putting It Together.- VI. Expected Advances.- References.- Interstellar Dust and Circumstellar Dust Disks.- I. Landmarks in Interstellar Dust Research.- II. Dust and Galactic Evolution.- III. Dust inDiffuse Interstellar Clouds.- IV. Dust in Molecular Clouds and Star-Forming Regions.- V. Dust in Stellar Outflows.- VI. Dust in Young Circumstellar Disks and Planetary Systems.- References.

Dust in interplanetary space has many faces: dust originating from comets and asteroids, and interstellar dust sweeping through our solar system. These three components have a genetic relationship: interstellar dust is the solid phase of interstellar matter from which stars and planets form. Cometary dust is the most pristine material from the early solar nebula, and dust from asteroids is material modified during the formation of the solar system. Dusty planetary rings are analogues of the interplanetary dust cloud in their own right. This handbook on the physics of interplanetary dust will be of interest to a broad readership, including astronomers, space scientists and engineers. The following topics are covered in the book: - historical perspectives - optical and thermal properties of interplanetary dust - cometary dust - near-Earth dust environment - meteors - laboratory analysis of collected dust grains - in situ measurements of cosmic dust - impirical modelling of the zodiacal dust cloud - instrumentation for detection and analysis of dust - physical processes affecting dust in space - light scattering by dust grains - orbital evolution of interplanetary dust - dusty planetary rings - interstellar and circumstellar dust

"More than twenty years ago, Tony McDonnel reviewed the subject of cosmic dust very comprehensively. After that beautiful work, no good review book on dusts has been published. Not until the recently published book Interplanetary Dust came out. This volume [...] is entirely devoted to discuss this topic and does so very comprehensively. The editors [...] made a tremendous effort to cover every aspect of the interplanetary dusts [...] What is positive about this book is that even a beginner can enjoy reading and can learn a great deal from it. [...] This is clearly ‘a must have’ book for all the astronomy libraries." (Indian Journal of Physics, 77B/5, 2003) "Interplanetary Dust is an extremely useful addition to the research library bookshelf. It is well referenced, narrowly focussed, and earnestly written." (The Observatory, 2002)