Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2013-01-09 v1 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Astrophysics of Galaxies
Abstract
I outline methods for calculating the solution of Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer (MCRT) in scattering, absorption and emission processes of dust and gas, including polarization. I provide a bibliography of relevant papers on methods with astrophysical applications.
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@article{arxiv.1104.4990,
title = {Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer},
author = {Barbara A. Whitney},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.4990},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
To appear in the Chandra Centennial issue of the Bulletin of the Astronomical Society of India, volume 39 (2011), eds D.J. Saikia and Virginia Trimble; 27 pages, 1 figure