On the solution of the equations of radiative transfer in a free-electron atmosphere

The radiative transfer equations are solved for an electron-scattering stellar atmosphere as formulated by Chandrasekhar. The solution employs a transformation of the integro-differential form of the transfer equations into singular integral equations for the angular intensities of the radiation field. The Milne problem is solved to illustrate the method. In addition, the relationship is found between the above method of solution and Case's normal mode expansion method. This leads to an alternate procedure for finding the normal mode expansion coefficients. As an example of the method the constant, distributed source problem is solved for a half-space medium.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Department dc:contributor.department

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute

Year dc:date.issued

1967

Author dc:creator

• Richardson, Norman Randolph

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• In Copyright

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• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

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en_US

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http://hdl.handle.net/10919/51883

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oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/51883