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Critical point behaviour of the diffusion length for radiative transfer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2009

I. F. Grant and
B. H. J. McKellar
I. F. Grant
Affiliation:
Physics (RAAF) Department, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic 3052, Australia
B. H. J. McKellar
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Vic 3052, Australia
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Critical point behaviour of the diffusion length γ for the solutions of the radiative transfer equation deep in a homogenous medium is studied. The Legendre expansion of the medium's phase function P(cos ψ) is taken to be an infinite series and is characterized by the parameters h0, h1h2,…. A characteristic equation for γ is given in terms of an infinite continued fraction. From this equation it is shown that as any one of the hn, say hp, approaches zero, the others being held constant, γ behaves as , where the critical exponent is found to be vp = ½ for all p = 0, 1, 2,….

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The ANZIAM Journal , Volume 27 , Issue 2 , October 1985, pp. 245 - 257
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Copyright © Australian Mathematical Society 1985

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