Reflection effect in close binaries. I - Distribution of radiation from a point source
Abstract
The radiation field along an irradiated surface of a component in a binary system is calculated. The source of irradiation is assumed to be a point source. This is done primarily to understand easily how the incident radiation will get changed after it is being scattered by the atmosphere. It is noticed that the maximum radiation comes from intermediate points of the atmosphere, the reason being that here there exists the combined radiation due to the star and incident radiation from the point source outside the star although both are diluted.
- Publication:
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Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy
- Pub Date:
- December 1982
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF02714887
- Bibcode:
- 1982JApA....3..485P
- Keywords:
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- Eclipsing Binary Stars;
- Radiative Transfer;
- Reflected Waves;
- Stellar Atmospheres;
- Stellar Radiation;
- Atmospheric Scattering;
- Point Sources;
- Radiation Distribution;
- Astrophysics