Invariance properties of exact solutions of the radiative transfer equation

Autor: Angelo Sassaroli, Lorenzo Fini, Federico Tommasi, Fabrizio Martelli, Stefano Cavalieri, Lorenzo Cortese
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 276:107887
ISSN: 0022-4073
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2021.107887
Popis: In this work, special invariance properties of a class of exact solutions of the radiative transfer equation (RTE) pertaining to a uniform Lambertian illumination of any non-absorbing homogeneous and inhomogeneous volume are presented and discussed. This class of solutions of the RTE traces a reference ground under which light propagation can be studied in a special simplified regime. Despite the difficulties to obtain general solutions of the radiative transfer equation, the condition of Lambertian illumination determines a unique regime of photon transport where quite easy and simple invariant solutions can be obtained in all generality for homogeneous and inhomogeneous geometries. These solutions are invariant both with respect to the geometry (size and shape of the volume) and with respect to the scattering properties, i.e. scattering coefficient, scattering function and homogeneity of the considered domain. Another evident advantage of these solutions is that they are exact solutions known with arbitrary precision and can thus be used as reference standard for photon migration studies.
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