Interpretation of the failure of the time-independent diffusion equation near a point source

Optics Communications

Volumn 242, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 23-43

  Martí López, Luis ^a   Bouza Domínguez, Jorge ^b   Hebden, Jeremy C ^c  

^a CENTRO DE APLICACIONES TECNOLÓGICAS Y DESARROLLO NUCLEAR CEADEN   (Cuba)

^b CENTRO DE NEUROCIENCIAS DE CUBA   (Cuba)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffusion equation; Radiative transfer equation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POINT DEFECTS; RAY TRACING; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

DIFFUSION EQUATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATION (RTE); RAY DIVERGENCE; RAYS EMISSION;

LIGHT PROPAGATION;

EID: 9544257309     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2004.07.061     Document Type: Article

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