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An Introduction to Radiative Transfer

Name: An Introduction to Radiative Transfer
Author: Annamaneni Peraiah

Methods and Applications in Astrophysics

Annamaneni Peraiah

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An Introduction to Radiative Transfer

Methods and Applications in Astrophysics

Annamaneni Peraiah

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Astrophysicists have developed several very different methodologies for solving the radiative transfer equation. An Introduction to Radiative Transfer presents these techniques as applied to stellar atmospheres, planetary nebulae, supernovae, and other objects with similar geometrical and physical conditions. Accurate methods, fast methods, probabilistic methods and approximate methods are all explained, including the latest and most advanced techniques. The book includes the different techniques used for computing line profiles, polarization due to resonance line scattering, polarization in magnetic media and similar phenomena. Exercises at the end of each chapter enable these methods to be put into practice, and enhance understanding of the subject. This 2001 book will be valuable to graduates, postgraduates and researchers in astrophysics.

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Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Year

2001

ISBN

9780511034015

Topic

Physical Sciences

Subtopic

Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Definitions of fundamental quantities of the radiation field
Chapter 2 The equation of radiative transfer
Chapter 3 Methods of solution of the transfer equation
Chapter 4 Two-point boundary problems
Chapter 5 Principle of invariance
Chapter 6 Discrete space theory
Chapter 7 Transfer equation in moving media: the observer frame
Chapter 8 Radiative transfer equation in the comoving frame
Chapter 9 Escape probability methods
Chapter 10 Operator perturbation methods
Chapter 11 Polarization
Chapter 12 Polarization in magnetic media
Chapter 13 Multi-dimensional radiative transfer
Symbol index
Index