Numerical Methods in Multidimensional Radiative Transfer

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Numerical Methods in Multidimensional Radiative Transfer edited by Guido Kanschat, Erik Meinköhn, Rolf Rannacher, Rainer Wehrse. -
VIII, 309 p. 86 illus. online resource. Content notes : Introduction: The Radiation Field and its Transfer Equation -- Stochastic Properties of the Radiative Transfer Equation -- An Approach to Neutrino Radiative Transfer in Supernova Simulations -- A Finite Element Method for the Even-Parity Radiative Transfer Equation Using the P N Approximation -- Solution of Radiative Transfer Problems with Finite Elements -- A General-Purpose Finite Element Method for 3D Radiative Transfer Problems -- Radiative Transfer in 4D: The Inclusion of Kinematical Information -- A Problem-Orientable Numerical Algorithm for Modeling Multi-Dimensional Radiative MHD Flows in Astrophysics – the Hierarchical Solution Scenario -- Rapidly-Converging Methods for Solving Multilevel Transfer Problems -- Radiative Transfer in NLTE Model Atmospheres -- The Solution of the Radiative Transfer Equation in Axial Symmetry -- Multidimensional Radiation Hydrodynamics -- Probing the Initial Conditions for Star Formation with Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer Simulations -- Radiative Transfer Through the Intergalactic Medium -- Radiative Transfer with Finite Elements: Application to the Ly? Emission of High-Redshift Galaxies -- Radiative Transfer Problem in Dusty Galaxies: Ray-Tracing Approach -- Shape Reconstruction for an Inverse Radiative Transfer Problem Arising in Medical Imaging. 9783540853695 * Numerical analysis. Engineering. Numerical Analysis. Astronomy, Observations and Techniques. Atmospheric Sciences. Computational Intelligence. * Kanschat, Guido., edt, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtMeinköhn, Erik., edt, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtRannacher, Rolf., edt, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edtWehrse, Rainer., edt, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt * Title