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In this paper, the first of a series of two devoted to modelling the spectra of galaxies of different morphological type in presence of dust, we present our description of the dust both in the diffuse ISM and the molecular clouds. Our model…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. Piovan , R. Tantalo , C. Chiosi

We present the modules for stellar nucleosynthesis, stellar mass loss, and turbulent diffusion of the new COLIBRE subgrid model for cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation. COLIBRE models the thermal evolution of the…

We present a numerical code for continuum radiative transfer that is based on the idea of a `library' describing the relation between the intensity of the local radiation field and the resulting dust emission. With this information and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Juvela , P. Padoan

We perform two-dimensional and three-dimensional radiation hydrodynamic simulations to study cold clouds accelerated by radiation pressure on dust in the environment of rapidly star-forming galaxies dominated by infrared flux. We utilize…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-28 Dong Zhang , Shane W. Davis , Yan-Fei Jiang , James M. Stone

We implement a state-of-the-art treatment of the processes affecting the production and Interstellar Medium (ISM) evolution of carbonaceous and silicate dust grains within SPH simulations. We trace the dust grain size distribution by means…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-06-13 Eda Gjergo , Gian Luigi Granato , Giuseppe Murante , Cinthia Ragone-Figueroa , Luca Tornatore , Stefano Borgani

Radiation feedback plays a crucial role in the process of star formation. In order to simulate the thermodynamic evolution of disks, filaments, and the molecular gas surrounding clusters of young stars, we require an efficient and accurate…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Mikhail Klassen , Rolf Kuiper , Ralph E. Pudritz , Thomas Peters , Robi Banerjee , Lars Buntemeyer

We update the dust model present within the Simba galaxy simulations with a self-consistent framework for the co-evolution of dust and molecular hydrogen populations in the interstellar medium, and use this to explore $z \geq 6$ galaxy…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-10-25 Ewan Jones , Britton Smith , Romeel Davé , Desika Narayanan , Qi Li

We present ZodiPy, a modern and easy-to-use Python package for modeling the zodiacal emission seen by an arbitrary Solar System observer, which can be used for the removal of both thermal emission and scattered sunlight from interplanetary…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-19 M. San , D. Herman , G. B. Erikstad , M. Galloway , D. Watts

Methods. We have modelled a sample of ~800 nearby galaxies, spanning a wide range of metallicity, gas fraction, specific star formation rate and Hubble stage. We have derived the dust properties of each object from its spectral energy…

In this paper and a companion paper we present the DIRTY model, a Monte Carlo radiative transfer code, self-consistently including dust heating and emission, and accounting for the effects of the transient heating of small grains. The code…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 K. A. Misselt , K. D. Gordon , G. C. Clayton , M. J. Wolff

The abundance of dust within galaxies directly influences their evolution. Contemporary models attempt to match this abundance by simulating the processes of dust creation, growth, and destruction. While these models are accurate, they…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-07-02 Trevor Butrum , Benne Holwerda , Romeel Dave , Kyle Cook , Clayton Robertson , Jochen Liske

Aims: We present an automatised fitting procedure for the IR range of AGB star spectra. Furthermore we explore the possibilities and boundaries of this method. Methods: We combine the radiative transfer code DUSTY with the genetic algorithm…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 A. Baier , F. Kerschbaum , T. Lebzelter

To investigate the evolution of dust in a cosmological volume, we perform hydrodynamic simulations, in which the enrichment of metals and dust is treated self-consistently with star formation and stellar feedback. We consider dust evolution…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-07-24 Shohei Aoyama , Kuan-Chou Hou , Hiroyuki Hirashita , Kentaro Nagamine , Ikkoh Shimizu

We present the public data release of halo and galaxy catalogues extracted from the EAGLE suite of cosmological hydrodynamical simulations of galaxy formation. These simulations were performed with an enhanced version of the GADGET code…

The spectral energy distribution of galaxies is a complex function of the star formation history and geometrical arrangement of stars and gas in galaxies. The computation of the radiative transfer of stellar radiation through the dust…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 L. Silva , A. Schurer , G. L. Granato , C. Almeida , C. M. Baugh , C. S. Frenk , C. G. Lacey , L. Paoletti , A. Petrella , D. Selvestrel

We present full volume cosmological simulations using the moving-mesh code AREPO to study the coevolution of dust and galaxies. We extend the dust model in AREPO to include thermal sputtering of grains and investigate the evolution of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-05-25 Ryan McKinnon , Paul Torrey , Mark Vogelsberger , Christopher C. Hayward , Federico Marinacci

Spectra of the nearly edge-on protoplanetary disks observed with the JWST have shown ice absorption bands of varying optical depths and peculiar profiles, challenging radiative transfer modelling and our understanding of dust and ice in…

Radiative transfer is a fundamental process in astrophysics, essential for both interpreting observations and modeling thermal and dynamical feedback in simulations via ionizing radiation and photon pressure. However, numerically solving…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-12 Rune Rost , Lorenzo Branca , Tobias Buck

This paper presents 'SpyDust', an improved and extended implementation of the spinning dust emission model based on a Fokker-Planck treatment. 'SpyDust' serves not only as a Python successor to 'spdust', but also incorporates some…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-06-24 Zheng Zhang , Jens Chluba

We present SKIRT (Stellar Kinematics Including Radiative Transfer), a new Monte Carlo radiative transfer code that allows the calculation of the observed stellar kinematics of a dusty galaxy. The code incorporates the effects of both…

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