An Introduction to Radiative Transfer: Methods and Applications in Astrophysics

Annamaneni Peraiah

doi:10.1017/CBO9781139164474

Astrophysicists have developed several very different methodologies for solving the radiative transfer equation. An Introduction to Radiative Transfer presents these techniques as applied to stellar atmospheres, planetary nebulae, supernovae, and other objects with similar geometrical and physical conditions. Accurate methods, fast methods, probabilistic methods and approximate methods are all explained, including the latest and most advanced techniques. The book includes the different techniques used for computing line profiles, polarization due to resonance line scattering, polarization in magnetic media and similar phenomena. Exercises at the end of each chapter enable these methods to be put into practice, and enhance understanding of the subject. This 2001 book will be valuable to graduates, postgraduates and researchers in astrophysics.

‘In the second half of the last century, a series of excellent books on radiative transport have been written … In spite of these works, there existed a need for a comprehensive text book covering basic principles of radiative transport theory and giving an overview of different methods of solving the radiative transport equations. The above comprehensive and authoritative book has substantially filled these gaps. The above work represents a very good overview of exact, approximate and statistical (probabilistic) methods - both conventional and modern - for solving the radiative transport equations.’

M. S. Ramachandra Source: Sterne and Weltruum

‘… a convenient graduate level textbook that can also serve as a handbook to professional astrophysicists in the field of the radiative transfer. It provides basic definitions, detailed derivations of equations and descriptions of methods of solving them under different physical conditions relevant to astrophysics.’

Vladimir Cadez Source: Zbl. MATH

‘It will find applications in advanced undergraduate or postgraduate astrophysics courses, and provide an essential reference in every astronomy library.’

C. Simon Jeffery Source: The Observatory

- Aa Reduce text
- Aa Enlarge text

View selected items
Save to my bookmarks
Export citations
Download PDF (zip)
Save to Kindle
Save to Dropbox
Save to Google Drive
Save content to
To save content items to your account, please confirm that you agree to abide by our usage policies. If this is the first time you use this feature, you will be asked to authorise Cambridge Core to connect with your account. Find out more about saving content to .

To save content items to your Kindle, first ensure no-reply@cambridge.org is added to your Approved Personal Document E-mail List under your Personal Document Settings on the Manage Your Content and Devices page of your Amazon account. Then enter the ‘name’ part of your Kindle email address below. Find out more about saving to your Kindle.

Note you can select to save to either the @free.kindle.com or @kindle.com variations. ‘@free.kindle.com’ emails are free but can only be saved to your device when it is connected to wi-fi. ‘@kindle.com’ emails can be delivered even when you are not connected to wi-fi, but note that service fees apply.

Find out more about the Kindle Personal Document Service.

Please be advised that item(s) you selected are not available.
You are about to save
Your Kindle email address

Please provide your Kindle email.

@free.kindle.com @kindle.com (service fees apply)

By using this service, you agree that you will only keep content for personal use, and will not openly distribute them via Dropbox, Google Drive or other file sharing services

Metrics

Altmetric attention score

Total number of HTML views: 0

Total number of PDF views: 0 *

Loading metrics...

Total views: 0 *

Loading metrics...

* Views captured on Cambridge Core between #date#. This data will be updated every 24 hours.

Usage data cannot currently be displayed.

Why this information is here

This section outlines the accessibility features of this content - including support for screen readers, full keyboard navigation and high-contrast display options. This may not be relevant for you.

Accessibility Information

Accessibility compliance for the PDF of this book is currently unknown and may be updated in the future.

An Introduction to Radiative Transfer

Methods and Applications in Astrophysics

This Book has been cited by the following publications. This list is generated based on data provided by Crossref.

Book description

Reviews

Refine List

Actions for selected content:

Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-x

Preface
pp xi-xii

Chapter 1 - Definitions of fundamental quantities of the radiation field
pp 1-28

Chapter 2 - The equation of radiative transfer
pp 29-63

Chapter 3 - Methods of solution of the transfer equation
pp 64-87

Chapter 4 - Two-point boundary problems
pp 88-111

Chapter 5 - Principle of invariance
pp 112-145

Chapter 6 - Discrete space theory
pp 146-192

Chapter 7 - Transfer equation in moving media: the observer frame
pp 193-216

Chapter 8 - Radiative transfer equation in the comoving frame
pp 217-263

Chapter 9 - Escape probability methods
pp 264-329

Chapter 10 - Operator perturbation methods
pp 330-361

Chapter 11 - Polarization
pp 362-415

Chapter 12 - Polarization in magnetic media
pp 416-440

Chapter 13 - Multi-dimensional radiative transfer
pp 441-468

Symbol index
pp 469-476

Index
pp 477-480

Metrics

Altmetric attention score

Full text views

Book summary page views

Accessibility standard: Unknown

Why this information is here

Accessibility Information

An Introduction to Radiative Transfer

Methods and Applications in Astrophysics

Book description

Reviews

Refine List

Actions for selected content:

Save Search

Contents

Metrics

Altmetric attention score

Full text views

Book summary page views

Accessibility standard: Unknown

Why this information is here

Accessibility Information