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We present bhlight, a numerical scheme for solving the equations of general relativistic radiation magnetohydrodynamics (GRRMHD) using a direct Monte Carlo solution of the frequency-dependent radiative transport equation. bhlight is…

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We use the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) method combined with an n-body code to study the dynamics of the interaction between a gas-rich spiral galaxy and intracluster or intragroup medium, often known as the ram pressure scenario.…

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We present a new framework for radiation hydrodynamics simulations. Gas dynamics is modelled by the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) method, whereas radiation transfer is simulated via a time-dependent Monte-Carlo approach that traces…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Sergei Nayakshin , Seung-Hoon Cha , Alexander Hobbs

The density matrix quantum Monte Carlo (DMQMC) set of methods stochastically samples the exact $N$-body density matrix for interacting electrons at finite temperature. We introduce a simple modification to the interaction picture DMQMC…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2022-05-25 William Van Benschoten , James J. Shepherd

We present a framework of an auxiliary field quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) method for multi-orbital Hubbard models. Our formulation can be applied to a Hamiltonian which includes terms for on-site Coulomb interaction for both intra- and…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2009-10-30 Yukitoshi Motome , Masatoshi Imada

Light propagation in turbid media is driven by the equation of radiative transfer. We give a formal probabilistic representation of its solution in the framework of biological tissues and we implement algorithms based on Monte Carlo methods…

Computation · Statistics 2014-10-16 Laura Vinckenbosch , Céline Lacaux , Samy Tindel , Magalie Thomassin , Tiphaine Obara

Context. The interpretation of polarised radiation emerging from a planetary atmosphere must rely on solutions to the vector Radiative Transport Equation (vRTE). Monte Carlo integration of the vRTE is a valuable approach for its flexible…

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We extend the general-relativistic magnetohydrodynamics (GRMHD) capabilities of Athena++ to incorporate radiation. The intensity field in each finite-volume cell is discretized in angle, with explicit transport in both space and angle…

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Monte Carlo (MC) methods are important computational tools for molecular structure optimizations and predictions. When solvent effects are explicitly considered, MC methods become very expensive due to the large degree of freedom associated…

Biomolecules · Quantitative Biology 2022-02-09 Jiahui Chen , Weihua Geng , Guo-Wei Wei

Computed Tomography (CT) imaging, while essential for diagnostics, exposes patients to ionizing radiation. To accurately quantify radiation dosage, this study introduces MIDSX, a specialized open-source Monte Carlo (MC) photon transport…

Medical Physics · Physics 2023-11-29 John Meneghini

We present a diagrammatic Monte Carlo method for quantum impurity problems with general interactions and general hybridization functions. Our method uses a recursive determinant scheme to sample diagrams for the scattering amplitude. Unlike…

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A new method, based on the simulated annealing algorithm and aimed at the inverse problem in the analysis of intergalactic (interstellar) complex spectra of hydrogen and metal lines, is presented. We consider the process of line formation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Sergei A. Levshakov , Irina I. Agafonova , Wilhelm H. Kegel

Representations of atomic orbitals based on Monte-Carlo (MC) approaches are not always correct when using various sets of orthogonal coordinates other than Cartesian coordinates. The analysis proposed here gives elements for a proper use of…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2016-08-24 Jean Hoarau , Jean-Claude Rayez

We present a scalable Bayesian framework for the analysis of confocal fluorescence spectroscopy data, addressing key limitations in traditional fluorescence correlation spectroscopy methods. Our framework captures molecular motion,…

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Warm dense matter (WDM) is an active field of research, with applications ranging from astrophysics to inertial confinement fusion. Ionization degree and continuum lowering are important quantities to understand how materials behave under…

Implicit and explicit raytracing-photoionisation algorithms have been implemented in the author's radiation-magnetohydrodynamics code. The algorithms are described briefly and their efficiency and parallel scaling are investigated. The…

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We develop an all-electron path integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) method with free-particle nodes for warm dense matter and apply it to water and carbon plasmas. We thereby extend PIMC studies beyond hydrogen and helium to elements with core…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-03-22 Kevin Driver , Burkhard Militzer

Thermal radiation transport is a challenging problem in computational physics that has long been approached primarily in one of a few standard ways: approximate moment methods (for instance P$_1$ or M$_1$), implicit Monte Carlo, discrete…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-04 J. C. Dolence , H. R. Hammer , H. Park , B. Prather , B. R. Ryan , R. T. Wollaeger

In this Thesis, we describe the development of a three-dimensional radiative transfer code using Monte Carlo technique and its application to various astrophysical problems. This code is capable of simulating the radiation spectra coming…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2013-07-16 Himadri Ghosh

Recently, with the advances in computational speed and availability there has been a growth in the number and resolution of fully 3-D hydrodynamical simulations. However, all of these simulations are purely hydrodynamical and there has been…

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