Some aspects of the solution of vector transfer equation in a magnetized medium

Abstract

A simplification of the numerical method of solving the vector transfer equation, given earlier by Nagendra and Peraiah (1985), is described for problems which involve only absorption. This makes it possible to attempt to solve under realistic conditions and with reduced computing efforts, the important problems of polarization of light emerging from magnetized stars. For the purpose of illustration, the equations described are used for solving the continuum and Zeeman line transfer problems