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This link discusses radiation in participating media. Eq. 9.13 gives a prediction of the changing power of a ray along the path length as:
[itex] I_\eta(x)=I_\eta(0)\exp(-\tau_\eta)+I_{b\eta}[1-\exp(-\tau_\eta)][/itex]
where [itex]\tau_\eta[/itex] is the absorption coefficient times the length.
So, the first term gives energy of the incident ray [itex]I_\eta[/itex] lost to absorption as it propogates, and the second term gives the energy gained from emission.
With this in mind, I want to know how to figure out what the dimensionless coefficient of emission is. This way I can just multiply [itex]I_{b\eta}[/itex] by that coefficient and know the emission radiance everywhere for that temperature. Is this coefficient the value of [itex](1-\exp(-\tau_\eta))[/itex] at one meter of propogation? after one centimeter? Is it related to the slope of this curve near x=0? How do I find it?
Also, the above equation is derived from Eq. 9.11 in that reference, where we are told that emission is the absorption coefficient times the radiance of a blackbody ([itex]\kappa_\eta I_{b\eta}[/itex]). I assume that this is not the same as the dimensional absorption coefficient, but I don't know how to get the dimensionless one (that has a range of 0 to 1), from the dimensional one.
[itex] I_\eta(x)=I_\eta(0)\exp(-\tau_\eta)+I_{b\eta}[1-\exp(-\tau_\eta)][/itex]
where [itex]\tau_\eta[/itex] is the absorption coefficient times the length.
So, the first term gives energy of the incident ray [itex]I_\eta[/itex] lost to absorption as it propogates, and the second term gives the energy gained from emission.
With this in mind, I want to know how to figure out what the dimensionless coefficient of emission is. This way I can just multiply [itex]I_{b\eta}[/itex] by that coefficient and know the emission radiance everywhere for that temperature. Is this coefficient the value of [itex](1-\exp(-\tau_\eta))[/itex] at one meter of propogation? after one centimeter? Is it related to the slope of this curve near x=0? How do I find it?
Also, the above equation is derived from Eq. 9.11 in that reference, where we are told that emission is the absorption coefficient times the radiance of a blackbody ([itex]\kappa_\eta I_{b\eta}[/itex]). I assume that this is not the same as the dimensional absorption coefficient, but I don't know how to get the dimensionless one (that has a range of 0 to 1), from the dimensional one.
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