Self-averaging radiative transfer for parabolic waves

A systematic derivations of self-averaging scaling limits of parabolic waves in terms of the Wigner distribution function is presented. The convergence of the Wigner distribution to one of the six deterministic radiative transfer equations is established. One of the main contributions of this Note is a unified framework for space–time scaling limits that lead to radiative transfer. To cite this article: A.C. Fannjiang, C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris, Ser. I 342 (2006).