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Comment on: Diffusion through a slab

Mathematical Physics 2009-10-31 v1 math.MP

Abstract

Mahan [J. Math. Phys. 36, 6758 (1995)] has calculated the transmission coefficient and angular distribution of particles which enter a thick slab at normal incidence and which diffuse in the slab with linear anisotropic, non-absorbing, scattering. Using orthogonality relations derived by McCormick & Kuscer [J. Math. Phys. 6, 1939 (1965); 7, 2036 (1966)] for the eigenfunctions of the problem, this calculation is generalised to a boundary condition with particle input at arbitrary angles. It is also shown how to use the orthogonality relations to relax in a simple way the restriction to a thick slab.

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@article{arxiv.physics/9803033,
  title  = {Comment on: Diffusion through a slab},
  author = {U. D. J. Gieseler and J. G. Kirk},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/9803033},
  year   = {2009}
}

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