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In the preceding chapter we have developed from first principles a foundation and tools for treating the general problem of the interaction between matter and radiation with quantum field theory. In the present chapter we will build on this foundation and apply these tools to develop a general non-LTE theory of polarized radiative transfer. This theory should be able to account for any coherences that may occur between the atomic levels. The formulations developed in Chapters 3–6 may be retrieved as special cases, and parameters that were previously introduced heuristically can be derived.
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Stenflo, J.O. (1994). Multi-Level Radiative Transfer with Coherence Effects. In: Solar Magnetic Fields. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 189. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-8246-9_8
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