Eindhoven, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, 2003, 172 pp. - ISBN 90-386-1595-7
Key words: plasma simulation, radiative transfer, software design, molecular radiation, discharge lamps, sulfur lamp.Content
General introduction
Particle densities in local thermal equilibrium
Basic radiation theory and implementation
Semiclassical and quantum-mechanical descriptions of S2 molecular radiation
Radiative transfer of a molecular S2
B-X spectrum using semiclassical and quantum-mechanical radiation coefficients
General treatment of the interplay between fluid and radiative transport phenomena in symmetric plasmas: the sulfur lamp as a case study.
Validating the radiative transfer modules.
Radiative transfer of laser-induced fluorescence in an expanding hydrogen plasma.
General conclusion. Bibliography.
Software references. Summary.
