Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Historical introduction
- 2 A review of some basic concepts
- 3 The polarization properties of quasi-monochromatic light
- 4 Linear optical systems acting on polarized light
- 5 Solar polarimetry
- 6 Absorption and dispersion
- 7 The radiative transfer equation
- 8 The RTE in the presence of a magnetic field
- 9 Solving the radiative transfer equation
- 10 Stokes spectrum diagnostics
- 11 Inversion of the RTE
- Index
9 - Solving the radiative transfer equation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 August 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Historical introduction
- 2 A review of some basic concepts
- 3 The polarization properties of quasi-monochromatic light
- 4 Linear optical systems acting on polarized light
- 5 Solar polarimetry
- 6 Absorption and dispersion
- 7 The radiative transfer equation
- 8 The RTE in the presence of a magnetic field
- 9 Solving the radiative transfer equation
- 10 Stokes spectrum diagnostics
- 11 Inversion of the RTE
- Index
Summary
…lo que pudiera turbarle en el deliquio sin nombre que gozaba en presencia de Ana, eso aborrecía; lo que pudiera traer una solución al terrible conflicto, cada vez más terrible, de los sentidos enfrentados y de la eternidad pura de su pasión, eso amaba.
—Leopoldo Alas, Clarín, 1885.Whatever disturbed the nameless rapture that engrossed him in Ana's presence he detested; whatever could bring a solution to the ever more terrible conflict between his constrained senses and the pure eternity of his passion he loved.
With the radiative transfer equation for polarized light to hand, we shall proceed to find solutions and to exploit them both, the equation and its solutions, in order to obtain information about the medium. This chapter is devoted to solutions of the RTE and to the first and simplest diagnostics one can obtain from the observed Stokes profiles. The main emphasis is on concepts rather than numerical details. The latter may be found in the literature (some of the most recent papers are recommended in the bibliography) and in fact are still in continuous evolution and debate. Most of the concepts we describe in this chapter, however, may be said to be well founded nowadays and will help the reader in understanding the topic.
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Introduction to Spectropolarimetry , pp. 149 - 164Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003
- 1
- Cited by