A PROBABILISTIC MODEL FOR CONTINUUM TRANSPORT IN DENSE, OPTICALLY THICK PLASMAS

Probability-of-escape concepts have previously been successfully employed for cell-to-cell transport of spectral lines in dense, optically thick media. In this paper, the same conceptual framework is extended to the transport of continuum radiation emitted in radiative recombination and to the transport of line radiation in the presence of an optically thick continuum. Specific comparisons with calculations using multifrequency probability-of-escape transport demonstrate the accuracy of the model.