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A simple and fast method for computing the relativistic Compton Scattering Kernel for radiative transferThe Klein-Nishina differential cross section averaged over a relativistic Maxwellian electron distribution is analytically reduced to a single integral, which can then be rapidly evaluated in a variety of ways. A particularly fast method for numerically computing this single integral is presented. This is, to the authors' knowledge, the first correct computation of the Compton scattering kernel.
Document ID
19870037452
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Kershaw, David S.
(California Univ. Livermore, CA, United States)
Prasad, Manoj K.
(California, University Livermore, United States)
Beason, J. Douglas
(U.S. Air Force Academy Colorado Springs, CO, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1986
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
Volume: 36
ISSN: 0022-4073
Subject Category
Thermodynamics And Statistical Physics
Accession Number
87A24726
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: W-7405-ENG-48
Distribution Limits
Public
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