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The Kinetic Equation of Photons

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Kinetic Theory of Particles and Photons

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This chapter considers the radiative transfer equation as the kinetic equation of the photon gas. Section 3.1 introduces the transfer equation and defines the phenomenological emission and absorption coefficients and the source function. Section 3.2 discusses emission-absorption processes corresponding to bound-bound, free-bound, and free-free transitions, and Sect. 3.3 scattering by stationary and moving particles, respectively.

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  1. Service de Chimie Physique II, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus Plaine U. L. B., Boulevard du Triomphe, Code Postal no. 231, B-1050, Bruxelles, Belgium

    Dr. Joachim Oxenius

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Oxenius, J. (1986). The Kinetic Equation of Photons. In: Kinetic Theory of Particles and Photons. Springer Series in Electrophysics, vol 20. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70728-5_3

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