Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Sep 1984
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984apj...284..327r&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 284, Sept. 1, 1984, p. 327-336. Research supported by the Natural Sciences
Statistics
Computation
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Interstellar Extinction, Interstellar Gas, Method Of Moments, Molecular Clouds, Radiative Transfer, Bessel Functions, Carbon Dioxide, Difference Equations, Differential Equations, Finite Difference Theory, Spheres
Scientific paper
A fast, accurate numerical technique for solving the half-range moment equations for spherical transfer problems is described. Models of objects where the source of opacity is dust, as in circumstellar envelopes and interstellar clouds, provide practical demonstrations of our method. The simplifying feature is that dust particles scatter 'coherently'. But they also scatter light anisotropically; our accurate treatment of the phase function can be fully exploited. The optical visibility function of a circumstellar dust envelope is calculated and also the effects of multiple scattering on extinction are examined. For an interstellar cloud computations are given of apparent extinction, the interior radiation field, and the surface brightness profile.
Martin Peter G.
Rogers Christopher
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