Continued fraction solution for the radiative transfer equation in three dimensions

Starting from the radiative transfer equation, we obtain an analytical solution for both the free propagator along one of the axes and an arbitrary phase function in the Fourier-Laplace domain. We also find the effective absorption parameter, which turns out to be very different from the one provide...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Boguñá, Marián, Porrà i Rovira, Josep Maria, Masoliver, Jaume, 1951-
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2001
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de la UB
OAI Identifier:oai:diposit.ub.edu:2445/18826
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/18826
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física estadística
Termodinàmica
Sistemes dinàmics diferenciables
Matèria condensada
Teoria del transport
Statistical physics
Thermodynamics
Differentiable dynamical systems
Condensed matter
Transport theory
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Sumario:Starting from the radiative transfer equation, we obtain an analytical solution for both the free propagator along one of the axes and an arbitrary phase function in the Fourier-Laplace domain. We also find the effective absorption parameter, which turns out to be very different from the one provided by the diffusion approximation. We finally present an analytical approximation procedure and obtain a differential equation that accurately reproduces the transport process. We test our approximations by means of simulations that use the Henyey-Greenstein phase function with very satisfactory results.