Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-01-16
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
21 pages, 2 figures, JQSRT, accepted 16 May 2005
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.jqsrt.2005.05.092
We solve exactly the problem of a finite slab receiving an isotropic radiation on one side and no radiation on the other side. This problem - to be more precise the calculation of the source function within the slab - was first formulated by K. Schwarzschild in 1914. We first solve it for unspecified albedos and optical thicknesses of the atmosphere, in particular for an albedo very close to 1 and a very large optical thickness in view of some astrophysical applications. Then we focus on the conservative case (albedo = 1), which is of great interest for the modeling of grey atmospheres in radiative equilibrium. Ten-figure tables of the conservative source function are given. From the analytical expression of this function, we deduce 1) a simple relation between the effective temperature of a grey atmosphere in radiative equilibrium and the temperature of the black body that irradiates it, 2) the temperature at any point of the atmosphere when it is in local thermodynamical equilibrium. This temperature distribution is the counterpart, for a finite slab, of Hopf's distribution in a half-space. Its graphical representation is given for various optical thicknesses of the atmosphere.
Chevallier Loïc
Pelkowski Joachim
Rutily Bernard
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