Approximate solutions of radiative transfer in dusty nebulae. I - Pure hydrogen nebulae

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Cosmic Dust, Hydrogen Ions, Nebulae, Radiative Transfer, Albedo, Ionizing Radiation, Light Scattering, Photoionization

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This is the first of a series of papers dealing with transfer of radiation in dusty nebulae. The formulae for the general problem are presented. This paper discusses nebulae containing dust and hydrogen. Approximate solutions, accurate to within 50 percent, are obtained for spherical nebulae containing purely absorbing dust. Less accurate solutions are presented for the general case of scattering and absorbing dust. The results are presented in a form convenient for calculating the required number of ionizing photons, the fractional ionization of hydrogen, and the fractions of ionizing photons absorbed by dust and gas in terms of size, hydrogen density, dust albedo, and optical depth. Explicit relations between these quantities are obtained for uniform nebulae. Simple integrals are presented for calculating the above quantities for spherically symmetric nebulae with nonuniform gas and dust distribution.

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