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We find the distribution in space and time of scatterers as a function of particles scattered in a one-dimensional rod under the influence of an incident pulse. For the steady-state case we find the distribution of scatterers according to the number of particles that are being scattered. This gives a condition for the validity of the binary collision approximation as well as information about the effect transported particles may have on a medium. We also show how to convert these results to the first Gaussian approximation to scattering in a three-dimensional plane-parallel medium.
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Swandic, J.R. On the description of a scattering medium by the number of particles scattered. Astrophys Space Sci 57, 99–111 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00639048
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