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Advances in radiative transfer

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This review describes advances in radiative transfer theory since about 1985. We stress fundamental aspects and emphasize modern methods for the numerical solution of the transfer equation for spatially multidimensional problems, for both unpolarized and polarized radiation. We restrict the discussion to two-level atoms with noninverted populations for given temperature, density and velocity fields.

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  1. Institut für Theoretische Astrophysik der Universität Heidelberg, Albert-Ueberle-Straße 2, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Rainer Wehrse

  2. Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 368, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    Rainer Wehrse

  3. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA

    Wolfgang Kalkofen

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Unfortunately this article was originally published with typesetter's errors: The correct publication date was 25 February 2006, not 3 January 2006. The content was not in the final form. The publishers wish to apologize for this mistake. The online version of the original version can be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00159-005-0025-8.

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Wehrse, R., Kalkofen, W. Advances in radiative transfer. Astron. Astrophys. Rev. 13, 3–29 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00159-006-0029-z

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