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Influence of turbulence on the shape of a spectral line: the analytical approach

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2007

N. A. Silant'ev
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y ElectrÓnica, Luis Enrique Erro No. 1, Apdo Postal 51 y 216, 72840 Tonantzintla, Puebla, México email: silant@inaoep.mx Main Astronomical Observatory, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pulkovo, St.-Petersburg, 196140 Russia
E. E. Lekht
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y ElectrÓnica, Luis Enrique Erro No. 1, Apdo Postal 51 y 216, 72840 Tonantzintla, Puebla, México email: silant@inaoep.mx
J. E. Mendoza-Torres
Affiliation:
Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y ElectrÓnica, Luis Enrique Erro No. 1, Apdo Postal 51 y 216, 72840 Tonantzintla, Puebla, México email: silant@inaoep.mx
G. M. Rudnitskij
Affiliation:
Sternberg Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, 13 Universitetskij prospekt, Moscow, 119992 Russia email: gmr@sai.msu.ru
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Abstract

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We consider the propagation of spectral-line radiation in a correlated turbulent atmosphere. The ensembles of turbulent velocities u(r,t) and optical depths, τν, are assumed to be Gaussian. We investigate the explicit analytical solution of the stochastic radiative transfer equation for the intensity Iν of radiation. The scattering term is not taken into account. It is shown that, in addition to the usual Doppler broadening of the spectral line, correlated turbulent motions of atoms and molecules give rise to considerable changes in the shape of a spectral line. We find that the mean intensity I(0)ν (Iν=I(0)ν+I′ν, I′ν = 0) obeys the usual radiative transfer equation with renormalized extinction factor αeffν if the correlation length R0 of the turbulence is small as compared to a photon free path. A simple analytical expression for αeffν is given. This expression integrally depends on the two-point correlation function of the turbulent velocity field.

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Contributed Papers
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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