The effect of continuum scattering processes on spectral line formation
Astrophysics
2009-10-31 v1
Abstract
The effect of scattering processes in the continuum on the formation of spectral lines in a static atmosphere with an arbitrary distribution of the internal energy sources is investigated using Ambartsumian's principle of invariance. Spectral line profiles are calculated to illustrate the effect the assumption of the complete redistribution on atoms and coherent scattering in continuum may have on the emergent intensity. The one-dimensional case is considered for simplicity.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9908307,
title = {The effect of continuum scattering processes on spectral line formation},
author = {G. Israelian},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9908307},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
11 pages (including 2 figures). Accepted for publication in Journ. of Quant. Spectr. and Rad. Transfer