Solution of the Equation of Transfer for Coherent Scattering in an Exponential Atmosphere by the Method of Discrete Ordinates
Abstract
A solution of the transfer equation for coherent scattering in stellar atmosphere with Planck's function as a nonlinear function of optical depth, viz., <MediaObject> <ImageObject FileRef="10509_2004_Article_BF00684480_TeX2GIFE1.gif" Format="GIF" Color="BlackWhite" Type="Linedraw" Rendition="HTML"/> </MediaObject> B_v (T) = b_0 + b_1 {text{ }}e^{ - β tau } is obtained by the method of discrete ordinates originally due to Chandrasekhar.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- June 1992
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00684480
- Bibcode:
- 1992Ap&SS.192..209K
- Keywords:
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- Coherent Radiation;
- Radiative Transfer;
- Stellar Atmospheres;
- Computational Astrophysics;
- Nonlinear Equations;
- Plancks Constant;
- Astrophysics