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The law of limb darkening has been calculated when the atmosphere of the primary component is illuminated by the extended surface of the secondary component in a binary system. The specific intensities calculated at infinity show marked changes when the plane-parallel approximation is replaced by the assumption of spherical symmetry. The middle portions of the illuminated surface reflect maximum radiation while the innermost and outermost layers show lesser amount of reflected radiation.
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Peraiah, A., Rao, M.S. Reflection effect in close binaries. IV. Limb darkening of the reflected radiation incident from an extended surface of the secondary. J Astrophys Astron 4, 175–182 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02714904
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