Relativistic radiation transport in dispersive media
Satyanad KichenassamyUnité de Recherche No. 769 associée au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Institut Henri Poincaré, 11 rue P. et M. Curie, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, FranceR. A. KrikorianUnité de Recherche No. 769 associée au Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique, Institut Henri Poincaré, 11 rue P. et M. Curie, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Abstract
A general-relativistic radiative transfer equation in an isotropic, weakly absorbing, nonmagnetized dispersive medium is derived using the kinetic-theoretical approach and the relativistic Hamiltonian theory of geometrical optics in those media. It yields the generally accepted classical equation in the special-relativistic approximation and in stationary conditions. The influence of the gravitational field and of space-time variations of the refractive index n on the radiation distribution is made explicit in the case of spherical symmetry.
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