The basic formulas of radiative transfer theory are used to obtain more detailed information on the characteristics of photon scattering in a plane layer, specifically, the probabilities of escape of individual photons through the upper and lower boundaries of the layer and the average numbers of scattering events for these photons.
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Nagirner, D.I., Milanova, Y., Dementyev, A.V. et al. Escape Probability and Mean Numbers of Photon Scatterings. I. Exact and Asymptotic Formulas. Astrophysics 65, 560–578 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10511-023-09764-4
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