Astr 501 | Lecture 8 | Spring 2013
Arthur Stanley Eddington
Astronomy 501
Lecture 8, Feb 1 Spring 2013 Svein Rosseland
Lecture Notes: pdf file

Scattering

  • coherent isotropic scattering
  • example: light echo from SN 1987A
  • random walks
  • scattering and absorptio: albedo

Rosseland Approximation

  • energy flux
  • Rosseland mean
 The light echo of supernova 1987A

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