Statistical description of the radiation field in a homogeneous medium of finite optical thickness

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Apr 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006ap.....49..228n&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics, Volume 49, Issue 2, pp.228-239

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Radiative Transfer, Methods-Analytical

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The problem of finding statistical averages which characterize the radiation field in a semi-infinite atmosphere has been discussed by the author in a series of papers. In this paper some of the results obtained there are generalized to media of finite optical thickness. The average number of scattering events undergone by a photon during its random walk in an atmosphere and the average time required for this are determined. Three different types of averages are considered, depending on the photon characteristics over which the averages are taken. Special attention is devoted to the asymptotic behavior of these quantities for media with large optical depths taking the influence of continuum absorption into account.

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