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Polarized radiative transfer equation in some nontrivial coordinate systems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 August 2012

Juris Freimanis*
Affiliation:
Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Centre, Ventspils University College, Inzenieru iela 101a, LV-3600 Ventspils, Latvia email: jurisf@venta.lv
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Abstract

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Explicit expressions for the differential operator of stationary quasi-monochromatic polarized radiative transfer equation in Euclidean space with piecewise homogeneous real part of the effective refractive index are obtained in circular cylindrical, prolate spheroidal, elliptic conical, classic toroidal and simple toroidal coordinate system.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2012

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