An Introduction to Radiative Transfer : Methods and Applications in Astrophysics (Hardcover)

Preface; 1. Definitions of fundamental quantities of the radiation field; 2. The equation of radiative transfer; 3. Methods of solution of transfer equation; 4. Two-point boundary problems; 5. Principle of Invariance; 6. Discrete space theory; 7. Transfer equation in moving media: the observer frame; 8. Radiative transfer equation in the comoving frame; 9. Escape probability methods; 10. Operator perturbation methods; 11. Polarization; 12. Polarization in magnetic media; 13. Multi-dimensional radiative transfer.