Radiative Transfer

Radiative Transfer

Dover Publications | 1960-06-01 | ISBN: 0486605906 | 393 pages | DjVu | 33,8 MB

Radiative Transfer' is the definitive work in the field. It provides workers and students in physics, nuclear physics, astrophysics, and atmospheric studies with the foundation for the analysis of stellar atmospheres, planetary illumination, and sky radiation. Though radiative transfer has been investigated chiefly as a phenomenon of astrophysics, in recent years it has attracted the attention of physicists as well, since essentially the same problems arise in the theory of diffusion of neutrons.

Chandrasekhar presents the subject of radiative transfer in plane-parallel atmospheres as a branch of mathematical physics, with its own characteristic methods and techniques. He begins with a formulation and analysis of fundamental problems. It is shown how allowance can be made for the polarization of the radiation field by using a set of parameters first introduced by Stokes. Successive chapters deal with transfer problems in semi-infinite and finite atmospheres; Rayleigh scattering; the radiative equilibrium of a stellar atmosphere; and related astrophysical and mathematical problems. The mathematical methods employed are extremely powerful, and by means of them it has been possible to handle problems which could not be treated previously, such as the scattering of polarized light.

Chapters include: The Equation of Transfer; Quadrature Formulae; Isotropic Scattering; The Principles of Invariance; The H-Functions; Problems with General Laws of Scattering; Principles of Invariance (cont.); X- and Y-Functions; Diffuse Reflection and Transmission; Rayleigh Scattering and Scattering by Planetary Atmospheres; The Radiative Equilibrium of a Stellar Atmosphere; Further Astrophysical Problems; Miscellaneous Problems.

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