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Equilibrium and non-equilibrium diffusion approximation for the radiative transfer equation
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- European Journal of Applied Mathematics , First View
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- 24 September 2025, pp. 1-47
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In this paper, we study the distribution of the temperature within a body where the heat is transported only by radiation. Specifically, we consider the situation where both emission-absorption and scattering processes take place. We study the initial-boundary value problem given by the coupling of the radiative transfer equation with the energy balance equation on a convex domain
$ \Omega \subset {\mathbb{R}}^3$ in the diffusion approximation regime, that is, when the mean free path of the photons tends to zero. Using the method of matched asymptotic expansions, we will derive the limit initial-boundary value problems for all different possible scaling limit regimes, and we will classify them as equilibrium or non-equilibrium diffusion approximation. Moreover, we will observe the formation of boundary and initial layers for which suitable equations are obtained. We will consider both stationary and time-dependent problems as well as different situations in which the light is assumed to propagate either instantaneously or with finite speed.
