Radiative Transfer in Stellar Atmospheres
Abstract
This review presents basic equations for the solution of the NLTE radiative transfer problem for trace elements and methods for its solution are summarized. The importance of frequency coupling in radiative transfer in stellar atmospheres is emphasized.
- Publication:
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EAS Publications Series
- Pub Date:
- November 2010
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1005.2457
- Bibcode:
- 2010EAS....43....1K
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- presented at the workshop held in Nice, France, 30.7.-4.8.2007, to appear in Non-LTE Line Formation for Trace Elements in Stellar Atmospheres, R. Monier et al. eds., EAS Publ. Ser