Chin 1965

Chin, C.-W., 1965: The opacity due to Compton scattering at relativistic temperatures in a semidegenerate electron gas. Astrophys. J., 142, 1481-1487, doi:10.1086/148431.

The ROsseland mean due to Compton scattering at tempreatures ranging from kT = 0.01 mc² to kT = 0.35 mc² and for densities ranging from ρ = 10² gm/cm³ to ρ = 10⁶ g/cm³ is calculated. In most of this semidegenerate region, Compton scattering dominates over electron conduction, bound-free transitions, and free-free transitions. The results are compared with Sampson's results in the non-degenerate case and his estimates in the semidegenerate case. Upon comparison, his estimates are smaller than ours by approximately 5-15 per cent in most cases.

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Chin, C.-W.: The opacity due to Compton scattering at relativistic temperatures in a semidegenerate electron gas, Astrophys. J., 142, 1481-1487, doi:10.1086/148431, 1965.

Chin, C.-W. (1965), The opacity due to Compton scattering at relativistic temperatures in a semidegenerate electron gas, Astrophys. J., 142, 1481-1487, doi:10.1086/148431.

Chin, C.-W., 1965: The opacity due to Compton scattering at relativistic temperatures in a semidegenerate electron gas. Astrophys. J., 142, 1481-1487, doi:10.1086/148431.

Chin, C.-W. 1965, Astrophys. J., 142, 1481, doi:10.1086/148431.

Chin C-W. The opacity due to Compton scattering at relativistic temperatures in a semidegenerate electron gas, Astrophys J 1965;142:1481-1487. doi:10.1086/148431.

C.-W. Chin, Astrophys. J. 142, 1481-1487, doi:10.1086/148431 (1965).