Stellar Opacity

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke5208r&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 5208. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Stars, Stellar Models And Concepts

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The monochromatic opacity, κν, quantifies the property of a material to remove energy of frequency ν from a radiation field. A harmonic average of κν, known as the Rosseland mean, κR, is frequently used to simplify the calculation of energy transport in stars. The term `opacity' is commonly understood to refer to κR....

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