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An adaptive gaussian quadrature for the Voigt function

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2020-01-29 v1 Atomic Physics Computational Physics Plasma Physics

Abstract

We evaluate an adaptive gaussian quadrature integration scheme that will be suitable for the numerical evaluation of generalized redistribution in frequency functions. The latter are indispensable ingredients for "full non-LTE" radiation transfer computations i.e., assuming potential deviations of the velocity distribution of massive particles from the usual Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. A first validation is made with computations of the usual Voigt profile.

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@article{arxiv.1912.08427,
  title  = {An adaptive gaussian quadrature for the Voigt function},
  author = {F. Paletou and C. Peymirat and E. Anterrieu and T. Böhm},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1912.08427},
  year   = {2020}
}

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5 pages, 5 figures

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