Eur. Phys. J. B 47, 291-293 (2005)
https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/e2005-00330-1

On an integral equation arising in the transport of radiation through a slab involving internal reflection

Computational Physics and Geophysics, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Engineering, Prince Consort Road, London, SW7 2BP, UK

Corresponding author: ^a mmrw@nuclear-energy.demon.co.uk

Received: 23 May 2005
Revised: 22 July 2005
Published online: 11 October 2005

Abstract

The integral equation derived by Nieuwenhuizen and Luck for transmission of radiation through an optically thick diffusive medium is reconsidered in the light of radiative transfer theory and extended to slabs of arbitrary thickness.