A probabilistic approach to radiative energy loss calculations for optically thick atmospheres - Hydrogen lines and continua

Details A probabilistic approach to radiative energy loss calculations for optically thick atmospheres - Hydrogen lines and continua A probabilistic approach to radiative energy loss calculations for optically thick atmospheres - Hydrogen lines and continua

Aug 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980apj...239.1036c&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 239, Aug. 1, 1980, p. 1036-1044.

Mathematics

Probability

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Chromosphere, H Lines, Optical Thickness, Radiative Transfer, Stellar Atmospheres, Approximation, Atmospheric Models, Energy Dissipation, Probability Theory, Solar Flares

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An approximate probabilistic radiative transfer equation and the statistical equilibrium equations are simultaneously solved for a model hydrogen atom consisting of three bound levels and ionization continuum. The transfer equation for L-alpha, L-beta, H-alpha, and the Lyman continuum is explicitly solved assuming complete redistribution. The accuracy of this approach is tested by comparing source functions and radiative loss rates to values obtained with a method that solves the exact transfer equation. Two recent model solar-flare chromospheres are used for this test. It is shown that for the test atmospheres the probabilistic method gives values of the radiative loss rate that are characteristically good to a factor of 2. The advantage of this probabilistic approach is that it retains a description of the dominant physical processes of radiative transfer in the complete redistribution case, yet it achieves a major reduction in computational requirements.

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