Radiation transfer with iterative methods

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Series IV: Physics, Astrophysics

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 885-898

  Paletou, Frédéric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Formation des raies spectrales; M thodes num riques; Numerical methods; Radiation transfer; Spectral line formation; Transfert de rayonnement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345817035     PISSN: 12962147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1296-2147(01)01223-9     Document Type: Article

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