THE SOBOLEV OPTICAL DEPTH FOR TIME-DEPENDENT RELATIVISTIC SYSTEMS

Authors
JEFFERY DJ
Citation
Dj. Jeffery, THE SOBOLEV OPTICAL DEPTH FOR TIME-DEPENDENT RELATIVISTIC SYSTEMS, The Astrophysical journal, 440(2), 1995, pp. 810-814
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
The Astrophysical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004637X
Volume
440
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Part
1
Pages
810 - 814
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-637X(1995)440:2<810:TSODFT>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A general Sobelov optical depth formula and some related results are d erived for time-dependent spherically symmetric relativistic systems. This formula and the other results are specialized for the case of hom ologous expansion. The homologous expansion results will be useful for supernova calculations. Remarkably, the Sobolev optical depth formula for relativistic homologous expansion is angle independent. This new formula corrects an erroneous angle-dependent formula given in an earl ier paper.