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What is the mean free path (MFP) of a Cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) photon?
If the IGM (inter-galactic medium) had a massive particle (proton) every cubic metre, or a carbon grain every cubic kilometre, what would be the MFP of a CMBR photon? The coherence length of the ...
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Mean free path of UV photon
I was wondering if there's a simple way to compute the mean free path of UV photons in a optically thick medium with density n.
I've looked up at the literature ...
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