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Radiative Transfer

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States2.58J
Free, no sign-up neededSpring 2006English
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This course investigates the principles of thermal radiation and their applications to engineering heat and photon transfer problems. Topics include quantum and classical models of radiative properties of materials, electromagnetic wave theory for thermal radiation, radiative transfer in absorbing, emitting, and scattering media, and coherent laser radiation.

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