Kinetic Theory of Particles and Photons

1. Thermal Equilibrium and Detailed Balance.- 1.1 Introductory Remarks.- 1.2 The Principle of Detailed Balance.- 1.3 Proof of the Principle of Detailed Balance for a Special Case.- 1.4 Derivation of Thermal Distribution Functions from Detailed Balance.- 1.5 Validity of the Reciprocity Relation w(i?f)= w(f?i).- 1.6 Explicit Forms of the Reciprocity Relation w(i?f) = w(f?i).- 2. Kinetic Equations of Particles.- 2.1 Kinetic Equations.- 2.2 Elastic Collision Terms.- 2.3 Inelastic Collision Terms.- 2.4 Collision Terms Due to Radiative Processes.- 3. The Kinetic Equation of Photons.- 3.1 The Equation of Radiative Transfer.- 3.2 Emission and Absorption.- 3.3 Scattering.- 4. Moment Equations and Fluid Description.- 4.1. Moment Equations for Particles.- 4.2 Moment Equations for Photons.- 4.3 Fluid Description of a Gas.- 4.4 Fluid Description of a Gas with Radiative Interactions.- 5. H Theorem for Gases and Radiation.- 5.1 Entropy and Entropy Production.- 5.2 Proof of the H Theorem.- 6. Energy Exchange Between Matter and Radiation.- 6.1 General Remarks.- 6.2 Optically Thin Plasmas.- 6.3 Non-LTE Line Transfer by Two-Level Atoms (I): Basic Relations.- 6.4 Non-LTE Line Transfer by Two-Level Atoms (II): Results.- 6.5 Multilevel Atoms.- 6.6 Non-Maxwellian Electron Distribution Functions.- 7. Momentum Exchange Between Matter and Radiation.- 7.1 General Remarks.- 7.2 Approach to Thermal Equilibrium Through Interaction with Blackbody Radiation.- 7.3 Radiative Forces.- 7.4 Compton Scattering.- Appendices.- A. Transformation Formulas for Radiative Quantities.- B. Atomic Absorption and Emission Profiles.- C. The Boltzmann Equation.- D. Brownian Motion and Fokker-Planck Equation.- E. Reciprocity Relations for Inelastic Collisions with Heavy Particles.- F. Elastic Collision Term ofthe Standard Problem.- General Bibliography.- References.