Ch. 1. Definitions of fundamental quantities of the radiation field -- Ch. 2. The equation of radiative transfer -- Ch. 3. Methods of solution of the transfer equation -- Ch. 4. Two-point boundary problems -- Ch. 5. Principle of invariance -- Ch. 6. Discrete space theory -- Ch. 7. Transfer equation in moving media: the observer frame -- Ch. 8. Radiative transfer equation in the comoving frame -- Ch. 9. Escape probability methods -- Ch. 10. Operator perturbation methods -- Ch. 11. Polarization -- Ch. 12. Polarization in magnetic media -- Ch. 13. Multi-dimensional radiative transfer
Summary
Astrophysicists have developed several very different methodologies for solving the radiative transfer equation. An Introduction to Radiative Transfer presents these techniques as applied to stellar atmospheres, planetary nebulae, and other objects with similar geometrical and physical conditions
