The accuracy of the ALI method for solving the radiative transfer equation in stellar atmospheres
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We test the accuracy of the ALI method, widely used in stellar atmosphere modelling, by solving exactly a standard radiative transfer problem in plane-parallel geometry. Some recommendations are given for a practical use of this method.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0601460,
title = {The accuracy of the ALI method for solving the radiative transfer equation in stellar atmospheres},
author = {L. Chevallier and F. Paletou and B. Rutily},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0601460},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures, abstracts SF2A-2003, published in EDP-Sciences Conference Series