A method of two-sided continuation is proposed for solving astrophysical radiative transfer problems. The Ambartsumyan equation for a semi-infinite medium is used to reduce the problem to two basic integral equations which allow a simple numerical-analytic solution.
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Translated from Astrofizika, Vol. 55, No. 4, pp. 627-639 (November 2012).
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Yengibaryan, N.B., Barseghyan, A.G. Radiative transfer in a plane layer of finite thickness. The two-sided continuation method. Astrophysics 55, 565–580 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10511-012-9261-6
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