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In this paper, the Combined Operational Method developed by Busbridge (1961) in connection with the radiative transfer problems in plane-parallel atmospheres has been extended to similar problems in isotropic scattering, homogeneous spherical media. The relevant auxiliary equation has been formulated, the scattering function defined and the integro-differential equation for such function deduced. For a medium having radial distribution of source in addition to the incident flux at the outer surface, the integro-differential equations for source function and emergent intensity have been established.
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Kho, T.H., Sen, K.K. On combined operational method for transfer problems in homogeneous, spherical media. Astrophys Space Sci 14, 223–242 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00649204
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