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Velocity-Dependent Source Functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

David E. Rees*
Affiliation:
Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Sydney

Extract

We consider the effect of a velocity gradient on the source function for a spectral line formed in an atmosphere in non local thermodynamic equilibrium, a problem examined previously by Kulander and Hummer and Rybicki. A numerical method is used which extends the Feautrier technique.

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Contributions
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1970

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