Techniques for simulating radiative transfer through porous media


Rich Townsend

Bartol Research Institute, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA

In this contribution, I discuss some basic techniques that can be used to simulate radiative transfer through porous media. As specific examples, I consider scattering transfer through a clumped slab, and X-ray emission line formation in a clumped wind.

Reference: To appear in proceedings of "Clumping in Hot Star Winds" conference (Potsdam, Germany, June 2007)
Status: Conference proceedings

Weblink: http://arxiv.org/pdf/0709.0860

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Email: rhdt@bartol.udel.edu