Radiative transfer
Title:
Radiative transfer
Author:
Chandrasekhar, S. (Subrahmanyan), 1910-1995 author.
ISBN:
9780486605906
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
xiv, 393 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
General Note:
Includes index
"Unabridged and slightly revised version of the work first published in 1950."
Contents:
The equation of transfer -- Quadrature formulae -- Isotropic scattering -- Principles of invariance -- The H-functions -- Problems with general laws of scattering -- Principles of invariance -- The X- and Y-functions -- Diffuse reflection and transmission -- Rayleigh scattering and scattering by planetary atmospheres -- The radiative equilibrium of a stellar atmosphere -- Further astrophysical problems -- Miscellaneous problems