An Introduction to Radiative Transfer: Methods and Applications in Astrophysics

ISBN-13: 9780521779890 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 496 str.

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Opis

Astrophysicists have developed several very different methodologies for solving the radiative transfer equation. An Introduction to Radiative Transfer applies these techniques 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.

Recenzje

'It will find applications in advanced undergraduate or postgraduate astrophysics courses, and provide an essential reference in every astronomy library.' C. Simon Jeffery, The Observatory

Spis treści

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