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We present a detailed calculation of the propagation of AGN-like ionizing radiation through the intergalactic space. We model the ionization state of absorbing clouds, and show that the universe will be more opaque above $4\,$Ryd than…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Francesco Haardt , Piero Madau

Radiative transfer is essential in astronomy, both for interpreting observations and simulating various astrophysical phenomena. However, self-consistent line radiative transfer is computationally expensive, especially in 3D. To reduce the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-14 Thomas Ceulemans , Frederik De Ceuster , Leen Decin

Comparison is made between a number of independent computer programs for radiative transfer in molecular rotational lines. The test models are spherically symmetric circumstellar envelopes with a given density and temperature profile. The…

An efficient $\lambda/2$-method ($\lambda$ is the resonant wavelength of laser radiation) based on nanometric-thickness cell filled with rubidium is implemented to study the splitting of hyperfine transitions of $^{85}$Rb and $^{87}$Rb…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 A. Sargsyan , A. Tonoyan , G. Hakhumyan , C. Leroy , Y. Pashayan-Leroy , D. Sarkisyan

We present a comprehensive analytical study of radiative transfer using the method of moments and include the effects of non-isotropic scattering in the coherent limit. Within this unified formalism, we derive the governing equations and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Kevin Heng , João M. Mendonça , Jae-Min Lee

We develop a numerical solver for the integral-differential equations, which describes the radiative transfer of photon distribution in the frequency space with resonant scattering of Lyalpha photons by hydrogen gas in the early universe.…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Ishani Roy , Jing-Mei Qiu , Chi-Wang Shu , Li-Zhi Fang

Condensed-phase spectral line shapes encode the strength and timescale of interactions between molecules and their environments, yet these ideas are often difficult to introduce at the undergraduate level due to their reliance on formal…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2026-03-20 Saba Mahmoodpour , Andrew M. Moran

Van der Waals heterostructures (VdWHs) composed of 2D materials have attracted significant attention in recent years due to their intriguing optical properties, such as strong light-matter interactions and large intrinsic anisotropy. In…

Collinear laser spectroscopy experiments on fast, neutral beams have been extensively used for studies on short-lived radioactive nuclei, taking advantage of its high sensitivity. The resulting resonance line-shape is known to show…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-08-29 Adam Dockery , Kei Minamisono , Alejandro Ortiz Cortes , Brooke Rickey

Parameterizing radiative transfer in means navigating trade-offs between physical accuracy and conceptual clarity. However, currently available schemes sit at the extremes of this spectrum: correlated-k schemes are fast and accurate but…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2025-08-14 Andrew I. L. Williams

Molecular line data for the rotational transitions of a number of astrophysically interesting species have been collected and are made publically available through the www. These data, including energy levels, statistical weights, Einstein…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. L. Schoeier , F. F. S. van der Tak , E. F. van Dishoeck , J. H. Black

We discuss the steady-state electronic transport in solid-state and molecular devices in the quantum regime. The decimation technique allows a comprehensive description of the electronic structure. Such a method is used, in conjunction with…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-03-26 Horacio M. Pastawski , Ernesto Medina

We propose an efficient scheme for the implementation of quantum information transfer in a onedimensional coupled resonator waveguide. We show that, based on the effective long-range dipole-dipole interactions between the atoms mediated by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-05-08 Peng-Bo Li , Ying Gu , Qi-Huang Gong , Guang-Can Guo

Ly-alpha emitting galaxies and giant Ly-alpha blobs (LABs) have been extensively observed to study the formation history of galaxies. However, the origin of their extended Ly-alpha emission, especially of LABs, remains controversial.…

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We use high resolution Eulerian hydrodynamics simulations to study kinematic properties of the low ionization species in damped Ly-alpha systems at redshift z=3. Our adaptive mesh refinement simulations include most key ingredients relevant…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Alexei O. Razoumov , Michael L. Norman , Jason X. Prochaska , Arthur M. Wolfe

We present new simulations of Lyman-$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) intensity maps that include Ly$\alpha$ radiative transfer in the intergalactic medium (IGM) and all significant sources of Ly$\alpha$ photons. The sources considered include…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-08-29 Abigail E. Ambrose , Eli Visbal , Mihir Kulkarni , Matthew McQuinn

The transmission of electric signals on a coupled line with distributed RLC-parameters is considered as a propagation of a dissipative quasi particle. A calculation technique is developed, alternative to the one, accepted for lumped lines.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Yu. Reznykov

Outflows promote the escape of Lyman-$\alpha$ (Ly$\alpha$) photons from dusty interstellar media. The process of radiative transfer through interstellar outflows is often modelled by a spherically symmetric, geometrically thin shell of gas…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-10-16 Max Gronke , Philip Bull , Mark Dijkstra

We study transmission stabilization against radiation emission in soliton-based nonlinear optical waveguides with weak linear gain-loss, cubic loss, and delayed Raman response. We show by numerical simulations with perturbed nonlinear…

Optics · Physics 2018-08-08 Avner Peleg , Debananda Chakraborty

The standard nonlocal thermodynamic equilibrium (non-LTE) multi-level radiative transfer problem only takes into account the deviation of the radiation field and atomic populations from their equilibrium distribution. We aim to show how to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-13 Tristan Lagache , Frédéric Paletou , Malali Sampoorna