On the temperature distribution of a body heated by radiation

TL;DR

This paper analyzes the temperature distribution of a body heated solely by radiation, establishing well-posedness and uniqueness of solutions for the coupled radiative transfer and temperature equations under general conditions.

Contribution

It proves the well-posedness and uniqueness of solutions for the stationary radiative transfer equation coupled with temperature, considering general emission, absorption, and scattering coefficients.

Findings

Proved well-posedness of the coupled system

Established an entropy production formula

Proved uniqueness for constant incoming radiation

Abstract

In this paper, we study the temperature distribution of a body when the heat is transmitted only by radiation. The heat transmitted by convection and conduction is ignored. We consider the stationary radiative transfer equation in the local thermodynamic equilibrium. We prove that the stationary radiative transfer equation coupled with the non-local temperature equation is well-posed in a generic case when emission-absorption or scattering of interacting radiation is considered. The emission-absorption and the scattering coefficients are assumed to be general and they can depend on the frequency of radiation. We also establish an entropy production formula of the system, which is used to prove the uniqueness of solutions for an incoming radiation with constant temperature.