Buch, Englisch, 593 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1098 g
An Introduction to Exact and Asymptotic Methods
Buch, Englisch, 593 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 1098 g
ISBN: 978-3-030-95246-4
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Its well organized synthetic view of exact and asymptotic methods of radiative transfer makes this book a valuable resource for both graduate students and professional scientists in astrophysics and beyond.
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Research
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Fachgebiete
- Technische Wissenschaften Technik Allgemein Technische Optik, Lasertechnologie
- Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astrophysik
- Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde Technische Thermodynamik
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Astrophysik
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Elektromagnetismus Quantenoptik, Nichtlineare Optik, Laserphysik
- Naturwissenschaften Physik Physik Allgemein Theoretische Physik, Mathematische Physik, Computerphysik
Weitere Infos & Material
1. An overview of the content.- Part 1: Scalar radiative transfer equations.- 2. Radiative transfer equations.- 3. Exact methods of solution. A brief survey.- 4. Singular integral equations.- 5. The scattering kernel and associated auxiliary functions.- 6. The surface Green function and the resolvent function.- 7. The emergent intensity and the source function.- 8. Spectral line with continuous absorption.- 9. Conservative scattering: The Milne problem.- 10. The Case eigenfunction expansion method.- The vE-law and the nonlinear H-equation.- 12. The Wiener–Hopf method.- Part 2: Scattering polarization.- 13. The scattering of polarized radiation.- 14. Polarized radiative transfer equations.- 15. The vE-law, the nonlinear H-equation, and matrix singular integral Equations.- 16. Conservative Rayleigh scattering. Exact solutions.- 17. Scattering problems with no exact solution I. The auxiliary matrices.- 18. Scattering problems with no exact solution II. The resolvent matrix, the H-matrix, and the I-matrix.- Part 3: Asymptotic properties of multiple scattering.- 19. Asymptotic properties of the scattering kernel K(t).- 20. Large scale radiative transfer equations.- 21. The photon random walk.- 22. Asymptotic behavior of the resolvent function.- 23. The asymptotics of the diffusion approximation.- 24. The diffusion approximation for Rayleigh scattering.- 25. Anomalous diffusion for spectral lines.- 26. Asymptotic results for partial frequency redistribution.