A new approach to radiative transfer theory using Jones's vectors. I Fundamentals

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Nov 1975

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1975ap%26ss..38...95f&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 38, Nov. 1975, p. 95-124.

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Atmospheric Scattering, Radiative Transfer, Transfer Functions, Light Transmission, Matrices (Mathematics), Nuclear Spin, Quantum Mechanics, Quaternions, S Matrix Theory, Scattering Amplitude, Vector Analysis, Wave Reflection

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Radiative transfer of partially polarized radiation in an anisotropically scattering, inhomogeneous atmosphere containing an arbitrary polydispersion of particles is described using Jones's (1941) amplitude vectors and matrices. This approach exploits the close analogy between the quantum-mechanical states of spin 1/2 systems and the polarization states of electromagnetic radiation described by Jones's vector. The complete equivalence between the transport equation for Jones's vectors and the classical radiative-transfer equation for Stokes's intensity vectors is demonstrated in two independent ways after deriving the transport equations for the polarization coherency matrices and for the quaternions corresponding to the Jones's vectors. A compact-operator formulation of the theory is provided and used to derive the necessary equations for both a local and a global description of the transport of Jones's vectors. The integro-differential equations for the amplitude reflection and transmission matrices are derived and related to the usual corresponding equations.

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