Radiative transfer

Chapter-wise Notes

This page is the entry point for the radiative transfer notes. Each chapter opens as its own page, beginning with a short contents list before the detailed explanations and figures.

Chapters

  1. Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Radiative Transfer Descriptions of light, specific intensity, energy density, radiation flux, pressure, and first matter interactions. Open
  2. Chapter 2 Radiative Transfer Introduction The transfer equation, equilibrium radiation, Planck spectrum, blackbody limits, integrated quantities, and effective temperature. Open
  3. Chapter 3 Radiative Diffusion Opaque layers, diffusion approximation, radiation moments, Rosseland mean opacity, radiative conductivity, and photon mean free path. Open
  4. Chapter 4 Energy and Momentum Conservation Angular moments of the transfer equation, radiative equilibrium, cooling, flux constancy, radiation force, and the vacuum wave limit. Open
  5. Chapter 5 Scattering Processes and Electromagnetic Waves Interaction cross-sections, Maxwell equations, Lorentz force, Poynting theorem, EM flux, specific intensity, and Larmor radiation. Open
  6. Chapter 6 Elastic Scattering as a Classical Oscillator Driven damped electron oscillator, Thomson and Rayleigh limits, resonance scattering, Lorentz profiles, natural widths, Q values, and oscillator strength. Open

More chapters will be added here as the next note pages are prepared.