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In this chapter we consider the photon gas, and present the main equations of the radiation field as applied to the stellar interior. The special case of thermodynamic equilibrium and some deviations from this condition are then discussed.
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Maciel, W.J. (2016). The Photon Gas. In: Introduction to Stellar Structure. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16142-6_4
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