Astr 501 | Lecture 4 | Spring 2013
Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt)
Astronomy 501
Lecture 4, Jan 23 Spring 2013 Subramanyan Chandrasekhar
Lecture Notes: pdf file

Transfer

  • conservation of surface brightness
  • sources and sinks
  • transfer equation

Scattering

  • cross section
  • mean free path
  • optical depth

Formal Solution to Transfer Equation


Blackbody Radiation

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