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Further correction to the STARFORGE methods paper: Planck-mean dust opacities

Astrophysics of Galaxies 2025-11-21 v1

Abstract

The model for the Planck-mean dust opacity κP\kappa_{P} given in Appendix C of the STARFORGE simulations methods paper does not extrapolate well to low radiation temperature TradT_{\rm rad}, so we provide an updated calculation suitable for general use. We also clarify the role of the dust and radiation temperatures in setting the dust opacity, and provide code and calculations of the Planck- and Rosseland- mean dust opacity as a function of both the dust temperature TdT_{\rm d} and the radiation temperature TradT_{\rm rad}.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2511.15731,
  title  = {Further correction to the STARFORGE methods paper: Planck-mean dust opacities},
  author = {Michael Y. Grudić and Dávid Guszejnov and Philip F. Hopkins and Stella S. R. Offner and Claude-André Faucher-Giguère},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.15731},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

Correction to the STARFORGE methods paper https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab1347. Code and data available at https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17601057

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