Simulating Inhomogeneous Reionization
Astrophysics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We describe an approach for incorporating radiative transfer into 3D hydrodynamic cosmological simulations. The method, while approximate, allows for a self-consistent treatment of self-shielding and shadowing, diffuse and point sources of radiation, and frequency dependent transfer. Applications include photodissociation, photoheating, and photoionization of the IGM.
Cite
@article{arxiv.astro-ph/9807282,
title = {Simulating Inhomogeneous Reionization},
author = {Michael L. Norman and Paschalis Paschos and Tom Abel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/9807282},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
8 pages, 0 figures. To appear in Proceedings of the Workshop on H_2 in the Early Universe, eds. F. Palla, E. Corbelli, and D. Galli, Memorie Della Societa Astronomica Italiana, in press (1998)