Description
Radiative Transfer is an essential cornerstone of astronomy, as it provides a framework to interpret observations and confront models. In many cases simplifying assumptions can be employed, however in the general case where radiation forms outside of local thermodynamic equilibrium, including optical depth effects and detailed atomic physics, the problem represents both a significant computational and theoretical undertaking.
In this talk, I shall review (from a solar physics perspective) the primary regimes of radiative transfer, the outstanding difficulties, and where efforts need to be focussed, to support exploitation of data from upcoming observatories.
Author
Christopher Osborne
(University of Glasgow)
Co-authors
Giulio Del Zanna
(University of Cambridge)
Dr
Roger Dufresne
(University of Cambridge)
