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We investigate the effects of dust on Ly{\alpha} photons emergent from an optically thick medium by solving the integro-differential equation of the radiative transfer of resonant photons. To solve the differential equations numerically we…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Yang Yang , Ishani Roy , Chi-Wang Shu , Li-Zhi Fang

We investigate the escape of Ly$\beta$ from emission nebulae with a significant population of excited hydrogen atoms in the level $n=2$, rendering them optically thick in H$\alpha$. The transfer of Ly$\beta$ line photons in these optically…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-03-21 Seok-Jun Chang , Hee-Won Lee , Sang-Hyeon Ahn , Hogyu Lee , Rodolfo Angeloni , Tali Palma , Francesco Di Mille

To understand the mechanism behind high-$z$ Ly${\alpha}$ nebulae, we simulate the scattering of Ly${\alpha}$ in a $\rm H\,I$ halo about a central Ly${\alpha}$ source. For the first time, we consider both smooth and clumpy distributions of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-15 Seok-Jun Chang , Yujin Yang , Kwang-Il Seon , Ann Zabludoff , Hee-Won Lee

We study the formation and evolution of the spectral imprint of resonantly scattered Lyman $\alpha$ photons in the context of GRB's continuum optical afterglow. Based on an analytic model and a complete treatment of all the scatterings…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Wen Xu , Xiang-Ping Wu

With Monte Carlo simulation method, we investigate the time dependent behavior of Ly$\alpha$ photon transfer in optically thick medium of the concordance $\Lambda$CDM universe. At high redshift, the Ly$\alpha$ photon escaping from optically…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Wen Xu , Xiang-Ping Wu , Li-Zhi Fang

We develop a Monte Carlo radiative transfer code to study the effect of turbulence with a finite correlation length on scattering of Lyman-alpha (Ly$\alpha$) photons propagating through neutral atomic hydrogen gas. We investigate how the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-06-06 Vadim R. Munirov , Alexander A. Kaurov

A finite element method for solving the resonance line transfer problem in moving media is presented. The algorithm works in three spatial dimensions on unstructured grids which are adaptively refined by means of an a posteriori error…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 E. Meinkoehn , S. Richling

The Lyman alpha (LyA) line of neutral hydrogen plays a central role in observations of star-forming galaxies. However, resonant scattering makes it difficult to directly interpret LyA signatures. Monte Carlo radiative transfer (MCRT)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-12-11 Kevin Lorinc , Aaron Smith , Olof Nebrin , Joshua Kasiri

During the epoch of reionization the 21cm signal is sensitive to the scattering rate of the ultraviolet photons, redshifting across the Lyman_alpha resonance. Here we calculate the photon scattering rate profile for a single ultraviolet…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Leonid Chuzhoy , Zheng Zheng

We develop a numerical solver for the integral-differential equations, which describes the radiative transfer of photon distribution in the frequency space with resonant scattering of Lyalpha photons by hydrogen gas in the early universe.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ishani Roy , Jing-Mei Qiu , Chi-Wang Shu , Li-Zhi Fang

Multiple scattering of light by resonant vapor is characterized by Levy-type superdiffusion with a step size distribution $P(x) \propto 1/x^{1+{\alpha}}$, with $0 < {\alpha} < 2$. The Levy parameter ${\alpha}$ was measured from $P(x)$,…

Lyman-$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) is a powerful astrophysical probe. Not only is it ubiquitous at high redshifts, it is also a resonant line, making Ly$\alpha$ photons scatter. This scattering process depends on the physical conditions of the gas…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-04-05 Marius B. Eide , Max Gronke , Mark Dijkstra , Matthew Hayes

The propagation of light in a resonant atomic vapor can \textit{a priori} be thought of as a multiple scattering process, in which each scattering event redistributes both the direction and the frequency of the photons. Particularly, the…

A crucial physical quantity in determining the 21-cm signal during cosmic dawn is the inhomogeneous background of Ly$\alpha$ photons originating from the first galaxies. As these photons travel through the intergalactic medium, their…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-22 Jordan Flitter , Julian B. Muñoz , Andrei Mesinger

During reionization, a fraction of galactic Ly$\alpha$ emission is scattered in the intergalactic medium (IGM) and appears as a diffuse light extending megaparsecs from the source. We investigate how to probe the properties of the early…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-08 Hyunbae Park , Hyo Jeong Kim , Kyungjin Ahn , Hyunmi Song , Intae Jung , Pierre Ocvirk , Paul R. Shapiro , Taha Dawoodbhoy , Jenny G. Sorce , Ilian T. Iliev

Ly$\alpha$ photons scattered by neutral hydrogen atoms in the circumgalactic media or produced in the halos of star-forming galaxies are expected to lead to extended Ly$\alpha$ emission around galaxies. Such low surface brightness…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Ethan Lake , Zheng Zheng , Renyue Cen , Raphael Sadoun , Rieko Momose , Masami Ouchi

We present a theoretical investigation of the resonant elastic scattering of laser photons by ultra-relativistic partially stripped ions, that is the core process of the Gamma Factory project. Special emphasis in our study is placed on the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-03-23 Valeriy G. Serbo , Andrey Surzhykov , Andrey Volotka

We study the dependence of the heat transfer between two semi-infinite solids on the dielectric properties of the bodies. We show that the heat transfer at short separation between the solids may increase by many order of magnitude when the…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-11 A. I. Volokitin , B. N. J. Persson

The physical origin of diffuse Ly$\alpha$ halos (LAHs) around star-forming galaxies is still a matter of debate. We present the dependence of LAH luminosity ($L({\rm Ly}\alpha)_H$) on the stellar mass ($M_\star$), $SFR$, color excess…

Hydrogen Ly-alpha is our primary emission-line window into high redshift galaxies. Surprisingly, despite an extensive literature, Ly-alpha radiative transfer in the most realistic case of a dusty, multi-phase medium has not received…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Matthew Hansen , S. Peng Oh
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