Properties of statistical equilibrium equations: Positivity and uniqueness

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 479, Issue 1 PART I, 1997, Pages 357-362

  Rybicki, George B ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atomic processes; Line: formation; Methods: analytical; Molecular processes; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 32844467199     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/303877     Document Type: Article

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