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The static radiative transfer equation in 3-D may be written
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(1) |
where
is the specific intensity at frequency
, position , in the direction ,
is the emissivity at frequency
and position , and
is the total
extinction at frequency
and position . The source function
. Here, we will work in the steady-state so that
, and in Cartesian coordinates so
the
and the direction is
defined by two angles at the position .
Peter Hauschildt
2006-01-09