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| List of Tables | |
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| Preface | |
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| Definitions and Basic Concepts in Radiative Transfer | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Radiation Field | |
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| Interaction of the Radiation Field with Matter | |
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| The Equation of Transfer | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Equation of Transfer-An Eulerian Derivation | |
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| The Equation of Transfer-A Lagrangian Derivation | |
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| The Boundary Conditions on the Equation of Transfer | |
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| The Equation of Transfer in Various Coordinate Systems | |
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| The Equation of Transfer in Integral Form | |
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| Peierls' Equation | |
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| A Variational Characterization of the Equation of Transfer | |
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| Induced Processes and Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium | |
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| The Validity of the Equation of Transfer | |
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| Approximate Descriptions of Radiative Transfer | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Eddington or Diffusion Approximation | |
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| Asymptotic Diffusion Theory | |
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| A New Diffusion Theory | |
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| The P-N (Spherical Harmonic) Approximation | |
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| The S-N (Discrete Ordinate) Approximation | |
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| Equilibrium Diffusion Theory | |
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| The Multigroup Method-The Planck and Rosseland Means | |
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| A New Multigroup Method | |
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| The Representation of Polarized Light in the Equation of Transfer | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Elliptically Polarized Light | |
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| Arbitrarily (Partially) Polarized Light | |
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| The Equation of Transfer for (Partially) Polarized Light | |
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| The Special Case of Thomson (Rayleigh) Scattering | |
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| Radiative Transfer in Refractive and Dispersive Media | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Hamilton's Equations for Photons | |
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| The Equation of Transfer for a General Dispersion Relation | |
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| The Effects of Fluid Motion on the Equation of Transfer | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Application of the Lorentz Transformation | |
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| The Interaction of the Radiation Field with Matter | |
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| Introduction | |
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| General Remarks | |
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| The Einstein Coefficients | |
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| The Absorption Coefficient | |
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| The Scattering Coefficient | |
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| Compton and Inverse Compton Scattering | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Scattering Kernel | |
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| The Fokker-Planck Treatment of Scattering | |
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| The Eigenvalue Problem-The Eigenvalues for No Absorption | |
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| The Eigenvalues in the Presence of Absorption | |
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| Relativistic Hydrodynamics in the Presence of a Radiation Field | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Kinetic Theory Considerations | |
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| Eulerian Hydrodynamics | |
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| The Eulerian Equations in Various Coordinate Systems | |
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| Modified Eulerian Hydrodynamics | |
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| The Modified Eulerian Equations in Various Coordinate Systems | |
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| Lagrangian Hydrodynamics | |
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| The Lagrangian Equations in Various Coordinate Systems | |
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| The Lorentz Transformation of the Equation of Transfer | |
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| References | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |