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We describe a novel adaptive ray tracing scheme to solve the equation of radiative transfer around point sources in hydrodynamical simulations. The angular resolution adapts to the local hydrodynamical resolution and hence is of use for…

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We briefly overview our newly developed radiation transport module for MHD simulations and two actual applications. The method combines the advantage of the speed of the Flux-Limited Diffusion approximation and the high accuracy obtained in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-26 Rolf Kuiper , Mario Flock , Hubert Klahr

Non-LTE radiative transfer is a key tool for modern astrophysics: it is the means by which many key synthetic observables are produced, thus connecting simulations and observations. Radiative transfer models also inform our understanding of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-12 Christopher M. J. Osborne , Alexander Sannikov

We describe an efficient Monte Carlo algorithm for a restricted class of scattering problems in radiation transfer. This class includes many astrophysically interesting problems, including the scattering of ultraviolet and visible light by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Alan M. Watson , William J. Henney

The Radiative Transfer Model (RTM) and the retrieval algorithm, incorporated in the SCIATRAN 2.2 software package developed at the Institute of Remote Sensing/Institute of Enviromental Physics of Bremen University (Germany), allows to…

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We develop a transfer matrix formalism for four-flux radiative transfer models, which is ideally suited for studying transport through multiple scattering layers. The model, derived for spherical particles within the diffusion…

Optics · Physics 2018-05-23 Brian Slovick , Zachary Flom , Lucas Zipp , Srini Krishnamurthy

Several new radio facilities have a field of view and sensitivity well suited for transient searches. This makes it more important than ever to accurately determine transient rates in radio surveys. The work presented here seeks to do this…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-08-05 Sarah I Chastain , Alexander J van der Horst , Dario Carbone

Radiative transfer describes the propagation of electromagnetic radiation through an interacting medium. This process is often simulated by the use of the Monte Carlo method, which involves the probabilistic determination and tracking of…

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Laser light sheet refraction at the fluid flow/window interface is proposed to proceed fluorescent PIV measurements, in particular for cases for which optical access limits the possibilities of illuminating a flow with a planar collimated…

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Computer simulations of photon transport through an absorbing and/or scattering medium form an important research tool in astrophysics. Nearly all software codes performing such simulations for three-dimensional geometries employ the Monte…

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This paper deals with a challenging, frequently encountered, yet not properly investigated problem in two-frame optical flow estimation. That is, the input frames are compounds of two imaging layers -- one desired background layer of the…

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Fluorescein is perhaps the most commonly used substance to visualize tear film thickness and dynamics; better understanding of this process aids understanding of dry eye syndrome which afflicts millions of people. We study a mathematical…

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Background: Monte Carlo simulations of diffusion are commonly used as a model validation tool as they are especially suitable for generating the diffusion MRI signal in complicated tissue microgeometries. New method: Here we describe the…

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We study, through the diffusion Monte Carlo method, a spin one-half fermion fluid, in the three dimensional Euclidean space, at zero temperature. The point particles, immersed in a uniform "neutralizing" background, interact with a…

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Resonant lines are powerful probes of the interstellar and circumgalactic medium of galaxies. Their transfer in gas being a complex process, the interpretation of their observational signatures, either in absorption or in emission, is often…

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