Astrophysical: Radiative transfer

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    Understanding the thermal and magnetic properties of an X-class flare in the low solar atmosphere
    We analyse the spatial distribution and vertical stratification of the physical parameters of the solar atmosphere when an X-class flare occurs. We made use of...
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    Venus transit 2004: Illustrating the capability of exoplanet transmission spectroscopy
    The transit of Venus in 2004 offered the rare possibility to remotely sense a well-known planetary atmosphere using ground-based absorption spectroscopy...
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    Warm Water Vapor around Sagittarius B2
    Several condensations heated externally by nearby hot stars are present in the Sgr B2 region for which H2O far-IR lines are expected to probe only an external...
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    Zero-Field Dichroism in the Solar Chromosphere
    We explain the linear polarization of the Ca ii infrared triplet observed close to the edge of the solar disk. In particular, we demonstrate that the physical...