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The softening of radiation by multiple Compton scattering

Author(s) -

S. Chandrasekhar

Publication year - 1948

Publication title -

proceedings of the royal society of london a mathematical and physical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.814

H-Index - 135

eISSN - 2053-9169

pISSN - 0080-4630

DOI - 10.1098/rspa.1948.0023

Subject(s) - compton scattering , radiation , scattering , monochromatic color , softening , physics , radiation flux , computational physics , transmission (telecommunications) , electron , optics , quantum mechanics , electrical engineering , engineering

The problem of the softening of radiation by multiple Compton scattering in an atmosphere of free electrons is considered. An idealized problem in plane-parallel atmospheres is formulated and the appropriate equation of transfer is approximately solved. The modified distributions with wave-length of the radiation emergent after transmission through various optical thicknesses of an incident monochromatic flux of radiation are tabulated. The calculations show that there is a relatively high probability for quite large shifts after transmission through optical thicknesses of order even unity.

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