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A Practical Review of the Kompaneets Equation and its Application to Compton Scattering

Author(s) -

D.G. Shirk

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.2172/891567

Subject(s) - compton scattering , physics , compton wavelength , scattering , astrophysics , photon , computational physics , quantum mechanics

In this study, we explore both inverse Compton and Compton scattering processes using the Chang and Cooper scheme to form a deterministic solution of the Kompaneets equation. We examine the individual terms of the Kompaneets equation and illustrate their effect on the equilibrium solution. We use two examples (a Gaussian line profile and a Planck profile) to illustrate the advective and diffusive properties of the Kompaneets operator. We also explore both inverse Compton scattering and Compton scattering, and discuss and illustrate the Bose-Einstein condensation feature of the Compton scattering spectrum

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