  The construction of exact solutions for radiative transfer in a
plane-parallel medium has been addressed by Hemsch and Ferziger in 1972 for a
partial frequency redistribution model of the formation of spectral lines
consisting in a linear combination of frequency coherent and fully incoherent
scattering. The method of solution is based on an eigenfunction expansion of
the radiation field, leading to two singular integral equations with a
Cauchy-type kernel, that have to be solved one after the other. We reconsider
this problem, using as starting point the integral formulation of the radiative
transfer equation, where the terms involving the coupling between the two
scattering mechanisms are clearly displayed, as well as the primary source of
photons. With an inverse Laplace transform, we recover the singular integral
equations previously established and with Hilbert transforms, as in the
previous work, recast them as boundary value problems in the complex plane.
Their solutions are presented in detail for an infinite and a semi-infinite
medium. The coupling terms are carefully analyzed and consistency with either
the coherent or the incoherent limit is systematically checked. We recover the
important results of the previous work that an exact solution exists for an
infinite medium, whereas for a semi-infinite medium, which requires the
introduction of half-space auxiliary functions, the solution is given by a
Fredholm integral equation to be solved numerically. The solutions of the
singular integral equations are used to construct explicit expressions
providing the radiation field for an arbitrary primary source and for the Green
function. An explicit expression is given for the radiation field emerging from
a semi-infinite medium.
