Multidimensional radiative transfer in stratified atmospheres

Kneer, F.; Trujillo-Bueno, J.
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Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 183, no. 1, Sept. 1987, p. 91-97.

Fecha de publicación:
9
1987
Número de autores
2
Número de autores del IAC
0
Número de citas
14
Número de citas referidas
12
Descripción
Energy transport by radiation is an important contribution to the energy budget in stellar atmospheric structures. In this paper, radiative relaxation of small-scale structures is investigated. The authors show in a linear analysis: (1) Already at structural lengths of 10 opacity scale heights, horizontal photon exchange is important for the energy budget. (2) In atmospheric layers near continuum optical depth τc = 1 and below, the continuum absorption and emission processes dominate the radiative relaxation. (3) Weak spectral lines or lines with σlɛ ≤ 1 have little influence on the energy exchange. (4) At large heights, transport in few spectral lines with σlɛ very large 1 can compete with continuum processes.