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Transfer of resonance radiation and photon random walks

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Transfer of resonance radiation in an infinite medium is considered as a process of random walks of photons. Close relation is shown to exist between the problems of transfer of line radiation and the stable distributions of the probability theory. This relation is used as a basis of a new method for the investigation of the asymptotic properties of the radiation field far from the sources.

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  1. Astronomical Observatory, Leningrad State University, Leningrad, USSR

    V. V. Ivanov

  2. Astrophysical Observatory of the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian S.S.R., Abastumani, Georgia, USSR

    Sh. A. Sabashvili

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Ivanov, V.V., Sabashvili, S.A. Transfer of resonance radiation and photon random walks. Astrophys Space Sci 17, 13–22 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00642537

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