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We present a suite of dynamical simulations designed to explore the orbital and accretion properties of compact (2$-$7 AU) symbiotic systems, focusing on wind accretion, drag forces, and tidal interactions. Using three levels of physical…

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A new Monte Carlo program for photohadronic interactions of relativistic nucleons with an ambient photon radiation field is presented. The event generator is designed to fulfil typical astrophysical requirements, but can also be used for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-05 A. Muecke , Ralph Engel , J. P. Rachen , R. J. Protheroe , Todor Stanev

Direct imaging has paved the way for atmospheric characterization of young and self-luminous gas giants. Scattering in a horizontally-inhomogeneous atmosphere causes the disk-integrated polarization of the thermal radiation to be linearly…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-09 Tomas Stolker , Michiel Min , Daphne M. Stam , Paul Mollière , Carsten Dominik , Rens Waters

Over the last few years instruments such as VLT/SPHERE and Subaru/HiCIAO have been able to take detailed scattered light images of protoplanetary discs. Many of the features observed in these discs are generally suspected to be caused by an…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-25 D. Kloster , M. Flock

A three-dimensional Monte Carlo code for modelling radiation transport in Type Ia supernovae is described. In addition to tracking Monte Carlo quanta to follow the emission, scattering and deposition of radiative energy, a scheme involving…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. A. Sim

Observations of collimated outflows in young stellar objects indicate that several features of the jets can be understood by adopting the picture of a two-component outflow, wherein a central stellar component around the jet axis is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. Matsakos , K. Tsinganos , N. Vlahakis , S. Massaglia , A. Mignone , E. Trussoni

A simple Monte Carlo procedure is described for simulating the multiple scattering and absorption of electrons with the incident energy in the range 1-50 keV moving through a slab of uniformly distributed material of given atomic number,…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 Nima Ghal-eh , Mohammad Farhad Rahimi , Mehrnoush Manouchehri

This study presents a Monte Carlo simulation tool for modeling the transportation processes of thermal electrons in noble liquids, specifically focusing on liquid argon and liquid xenon. The study aims to elucidate the microscopical…

High Energy Physics - Experiment · Physics 2024-03-22 Yijun Xie , Yi Wang

Focusing on the electron and positron spectrum measured with CALET, which shows characteristic structures, we calculate flux contributions of cosmic rays escaped from supernova remnants, which were randomly born. We adopt a Monte Carlo…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-16 Katsuaki Asano , Yoichi Asaoka , Yosui Akaike , Norita Kawanaka , Kazunori Kohri , Holger M. Motz , Toshio Terasawa

A plausible model is proposed for the enhancement of the abundance of molecular species in bipolar outflow sources. In this model, levels of HCO+ enhancement are considered based on previous chemical calculations, that are assumed to result…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. M. C Rawlings , M. P. Redman , E. Keto , D. A. Williams

Jets and outflows are commonly observed in young stellar objects (YSOs), yet their origins remain debated. Using 3D non-ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of a circumstellar disk threaded by a large-scale open poloidal magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-03 Yisheng Tu , Zhi-Yun Li , Zhaohuan Zhu , Chun-Yen Hsu , Xiao Hu

We present two numerical schemes for passive tracer particles in the hydrodynamical moving-mesh code AREPO, and compare their performance for various problems, from simple setups to cosmological simulations. The purpose of tracer particles…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-20 Shy Genel , Mark Vogelsberger , Dylan Nelson , Debora Sijacki , Volker Springel , Lars Hernquist

The dispersal phase of planet-forming disks via winds driven by irradiation from the central star and/or magnetic fields in the disk itself is likely to play an important role in the formation and evolution of planetary systems. Current…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-22 T. Grassi , B. Ercolano , L. Szűcs , J. Jennings , G. Picogna

High velocity outflows from supermassive black holes have been invoked to explain the recent identification of strong absorption features in the hard X-ray spectra of several quasars. Here, Monte Carlo radiative transfer calculations are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. A. Sim

We present a novel set of stellar feedback models, implemented in the moving-mesh code Arepo, designed for galaxy formation simulations with near-parsec (or better) resolution. These include explicit sampling of stars from the IMF, allowing…

The radiation mechanisms responsible for the multiwavelength emission from relativistic jet sources are poorly understood. The modelling of the spectral energy distributions (SEDs) and light curves alone is not adequate to distinguish…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2021-02-02 Lenté Dreyer , Markus Böttcher

We present SPARCS, which combines the moment-based radiative transfer method SPH-M1RT with the non-equilibrium metal chemistry solver CHIMES in the modern highly-parallel astrophysical code SWIFT. SPARCS enables on-the-fly radiation…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-03-23 Tsang Keung Chan , Alexander J. Richings , Tom Theuns , Yuankang Liu , Matthieu Schaller , Mladen Ivkovic

Fast, massive winds are ubiquitously observed in the UV and X-ray spectra of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and other accreting sources. Theoretical and observational evidences suggest they are launched at accretion disc scales, carrying…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-23 Alfredo Luminari , Enrico Piconcelli , Francesco Tombesi , Fabrizio Nicastro , Fabrizio Fiore

We developed a non-linear Monte Carlo code based on the LP method proposed by Stern et al (1995). We use it to simulate an extended non-thermal X/gamma ray source coupled with a cold accretion disk. The source radiates by inverse Compton…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Julien Malzac , Elisabeth Jourdain

A simple Monte Carlo (MC) algorithm for the simulation of the passage of low-energy gamma rays and electrons through any material medium is presented. The algorithm includes several approximations that accelerate the simulation while…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2023-10-25 Víctor Moya , Jaime Rosado , Fernando Arqueros