Monte Carlo discretization of general relativistic radiation transport
Abstract
An indirect, hybrid Monte Carlo discretization of general relativistic kinetic theory suitable for the development of numerical schemes for radiation transport is presented. The discretization is based on surface flux estimators obtained from a local decomposition of the distribution function, and can handle optically thick regions by means of formal solutions within each cell. Furthermore, the scheme is designed for parallel implementation, and it admits the use of adaptive techniques by virtue of leaving all probability density functions unspecified. Some considerations for numerical uses of the scheme are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.0810.5349,
title = {Monte Carlo discretization of general relativistic radiation transport},
author = {Burkhard Zink},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0810.5349},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
This paper describes a discretization method for general relativistic radiation transport. I now consider it incomplete in that it has no supporting numerical evidence inside the publication, and I have decided to withdraw the paper until I find the time to provide such evidence