Optical characteristics of non-spherical scatterers (definitions) . Most popular scatterer models and their parameters (a table) . ... Minsk collection of references to over 8000 light scattering papers (available partly) . ... Light scattering codes (incl. our codes with results of test runs) . Benchmarks in optical properties (in tabular form) . Dependence of optical properties on scatterer parameters (a graphics library) . ... Miscellaneous (incl. other similar databases) . ...

... We also analyze Chandra X-ray archive data for the Mon R2 region and find IRS 3 A and IRS 3 C to be sources of hard (3 - 10 keV) and variable X-ray emission , suggesting plasma temperatures of at least 50 в 106 K. The similarity of the X-ray properties to those of Class I protostars suggests magnetic interaction between the protostars and their circumstellar disks to be the origin of the X-ray ... 2002). ... Upper Upper Lower Lower K-band Images of Mon R2 IRS 3. ... X-ray results. ...