Abstract
We discuss radiation properties of plasmas in high-energy astrophysics with a keyword nonequilibrium: non-LTE level populations, nonequilibrium ionization, and non-Maxwellian distribution function, beginning with radiative transfer. We focus particularly on supernova remnants interacting with the circumstellar/interstellar matter, and also mention line emission processes in accretion gas onto a neutron star or black hole, and in the X-ray afterglow of γ-ray bursts.
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Masai, K. Radiation Properties of High-Energy Astrophysical Plasmas. Astrophys Space Sci 298, 155–162 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-005-3926-0
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