Radiation propagation in random media: From positive to negative correlations in high-frequency fluctuations

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 632-645

  Davis, Anthony B ^a   Mineev Weinstein, Mark B ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clustering anti clustering material particles; Multi dimensional radiation transport; Negative spatial correlations; Non exponential transmission laws; Stochastic media

Indexed keywords

CLUSTERING MATERIALS; MULTI-DIMENSIONAL RADIATION TRANSPORT; NON-EXPONENTIAL TRANSMISSION LAWS; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; STOCHASTIC MEDIA;

MATERIALS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EXPONENTIAL FUNCTIONS;

AMPLITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARTICLE MOTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 78751581558     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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