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Astronomical Radiation Processes
Comptonization
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Introduction
Introduction
Thomson Scattering
Polarized Radiation, Unpolarized Radiation
Compton Scattering
Compton Scattering
Thermal Comptonization
Energy Exchange, Single Scattering, Compton catastrophe, Amplification factor, Compton y, Spectral shape
Exact Results
Approximate spectral shape, Results: Spectrum
Observations
Galactic Black Holes, Spectral States, AGN
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Introduction: IntroductionThomson Scattering: Polarized RadiationThomson Scattering: Polarized RadiationThomson Scattering: Polarized Radiation
Thomson Scattering: Polarized RadiationThomson Scattering: Unpolarized RadiationCompton Scattering: Compton ScatteringCompton Scattering: Compton Scattering
Compton Scattering: Compton ScatteringCompton Scattering: Compton ScatteringCompton Scattering: Compton ScatteringThermal Comptonization: Energy Exchange
Thermal Comptonization: Single ScatteringThermal Comptonization: Single ScatteringThermal Comptonization: Single ScatteringThermal Comptonization: Compton catastrophe
Thermal Comptonization: Amplification factorThermal Comptonization: Compton yThermal Comptonization: Spectral shapeThermal Comptonization: Spectral shape
Thermal Comptonization: Spectral shapeThermal Comptonization: Spectral shapeExact Results: Approximate spectral shapeExact Results: Results: Spectrum
Exact Results: Results: SpectrumExact Results: Results: SpectrumExact Results: Results: SpectrumExact Results: Results: Spectrum
Exact Results: Results: SpectrumExact Results: Results: SpectrumExact Results: Results: SpectrumObservations: Galactic Black Holes
Observations: Galactic Black HolesObservations: Galactic Black HolesObservations: Spectral StatesObservations: Spectral States
Observations: AGNObservations: AGN 
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