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1 online resource |
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Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics ; volume XXIX |
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Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics (Series) ; v. XXIX.
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Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 The Physical Grounds of Radiative Transfer -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Stellar Atmosphere Physical System -- 1.2.1 Definition of a Star -- 1.2.2 Qualitative Definition of a Stellar Atmosphere -- 1.2.3 The Observational Side -- 1.3 Rays and Geometrical Optics -- 1.3.1 Light Rays -- 1.3.2 Geometrical Optics -- 1.4 Radiometric Concepts -- 1.4.1 Monochromatic Radiant Flux -- 1.4.2 Geometrical Properties of the Radiant Flux |
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1.5 Macroscopic Picture: The Specific Intensity of the Radiation Field -- 1.5.1 Operational Definition of the Specific Intensity -- 1.5.2 Moments of the Specific Intensity -- 1.5.3 Energy Density of the Radiation Field -- 1.6 Microscopic Picture: The Corpuscular Model -- 1.6.1 First Photon Distribution Function -- 1.6.2 Second Photon Distribution Function -- 1.7 The Radiative Transfer Equation as a Kinetic Equation for Photons -- 1.8 The RT Macroscopic Transport Coefficients -- 1.8.1 The Emission Coefficient -- 1.8.2 The Absorption, Scattering and Extinction Coefficients |
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1.8.3 The Structure of the Absorption and Scattering Coefficients -- 1.9 The Source and Sink Terms of the RT Equation -- 1.9.1 The Source Term -- 1.9.2 The Sink Term -- 1.9.3 Monochromatic Optical Depth and the Source Function -- 1.9.4 Coupling of the RT Equations -- 1.10 Statistical Interpretation of Radiative Transfer -- 1.10.1 One-Dimensional Finite Medium -- 1.10.2 The Case of a 3-D Semi-Infinite Atmosphere -- 1.10.3 The Neumann Series Solution of the Integral Equation -- 1.11 The Transport of Radiant Energy as a Fluid Dynamical Process |
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1.11.1 Analogy between Fluid Dynamics and Radiative Transfer -- 1.11.2 Transport of Energy and Momentum -- 1.12 The Electrodynamic Picture -- 1.12.1 Energy Balance of the Electromagnetic Field -- 1.12.2 Localization and Transfer of Energy in the Electromagnetic Field -- 1.12.3 Transport of Radiant Energy by an Electromagnetic Wave -- 1.13 Electrodynamics vs. the Macroscopic Picture of the Radiation Field -- 1.13.1 Correspondence between Specific Intensity and Electric Field Strength -- 1.13.2 The Monochromatic Flux -- 1.13.3 The Radiation Pressure Tensor |
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1.13.4 Identification of Radiation Pressure with the Maxwell Stress Tensor -- REFERENCES -- 2 Fundamental Physical Aspects of Radiative Transfer -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Specific Intensity and Its Moments -- 2.3 The Radiative Transfer Equation -- 2.4 Optical Depth -- 2.5 The Source Function -- 2.5.1 Simple Cases of the Source Function -- 2.6 Formal Solution of the Radiative Transfer Equation -- 2.6.1 The Schwarzschild-Milne Equations -- 2.6.2 At the Bottom of the Atmosphere: The Diffusion Approximation -- 2.6.3 At the Surface of the Atmosphere: The Eddington-Barbier Approximation |
| Summary |
An essential overview of the physical and mathematical background of radiative transfer, and its applications to stellar and planetary atmospheres |
| Notes |
2.6.4 The Centre-to-Limb Variation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 23, 2020) |
| Subject |
Radiative transfer.
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Planets -- Atmospheres.
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Stars -- Atmospheres.
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Planets -- Atmospheres
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Radiative transfer
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Stars -- Atmospheres
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Crivellari, Lucio, 1950- editor.
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Simón-Díaz, Sergio, 1977- editor.
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Arévalo, M. J. (Maria J.), 1956- editor.
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| ISBN |
1108606644 |
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9781108583572 |
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1108583571 |
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9781108606646 |
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