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We present a new radiative transfer method Short-N Characteristics that is a hybrid between the standard long characteristic methods and the standard short characteristic methods. We have implemented the numerical method within the SPECT3D…
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We derive new equations using the mixed-frame approach for one- and two-dimensional (axisymmetric) time-dependent radiation transport and the associated couplings with matter. Our formulation is multi-group and multi-angle and includes…
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We test approximate approaches to solving a neutrino transport problem that presents itself in the analysis of some accretion-disk models. Approximation #1 consists of replacing the full, angular- dependent, distribution function by a…
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