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We present ab initio global general-relativistic Particle-in-cell (GR-PIC) simulations of compact millisecond neutron star magnetospheres in the axisymmetric aligned rotator configuration. We investigate the role of GR and plasma supply on…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-11 R. Torres , T. Grismayer , F. Cruz , R. A. Fonseca , L. O. Silva

Telescopes are now able to resolve dust polarization across circumstellar disks at multiple wavelengths, allowing the study of the polarization spectrum. Most disks show clear evidence of dust scattering through their unidirectional…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-27 Zhe-Yu Daniel Lin , Zhi-Yun Li , Haifeng Yang , Ian Stephens , Leslie Looney , Rachel Harrison , Manuel Fernández-López

Polarization-resolved control and measurement of the optical field are essential for a wide range of photonic systems, including coherent communication, polarimetric sensing, and quantum information processing. We present a photonic…

Image reconstruction by Algebraic Methods (AM) outperforms the transform methods in situations where the data collection procedure is constrained by time, space, and radiation dose. AM algorithms can also be applied for the cases where…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-30 Sudhir Kumar Chaudhary , Pankaj Wahi , Prabhat Munshi

Polarized Resonant Soft X-ray scattering (P-RSoXS) has emerged as a powerful synchrotron-based tool that combines principles of X-ray scattering and X-ray spectroscopy. P-RSoXS provides unique sensitivity to molecular orientation and…

We employ a Monte Carlo radiation transfer code to investigate the multi- wavelength photopolarimetric variability arising from a spotted T Tauri star surrounded by a dusty circumstellar disk. Our aim is to assess the ability of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Keivan G. Stassun , Kenneth Wood

In spite of extensive observations and numerous theoretical studies in the past decades several key questions related with Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRB) emission mechanisms are still to be answered. Precise detection of the GRB polarization…

Radiative transfer (RT) simulations are a powerful tool that enables the calculation of synthetic images of a wide range of astrophysical objects. These simulations are often based on the Monte Carlo (MC) method, as it provides the needed…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-23 Anton Krieger , Sebastian Wolf

We combine a Monte Carlo radiative transfer code with an SPH code, so that -- assuming thermal equilibrium -- we can calculate dust-temperature fields, spectral energy distributions, and isophotal maps, for the individual time-frames…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Dimitris Stamatellos , Anthony Whitworth

Despite their discovery about half a century ago, the Gamma-ray burst (GRB) prompt emission mechanism is still not well understood. Theoretical modeling of the prompt emission has advanced considerably due to new computational tools and…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-07-19 Jose Arita-Escalante , Tyler Parsotan , S. Bradley Cenko

Mixed-gas opacities are critical for radiative transfer in stellar and substellar atmospheres. Several approaches exist to obtain net k-coefficients for arbitrary mixtures, each trading accuracy against computational cost. I introduce a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-26 Elspeth K. H. Lee

Reconstructing an object's geometry and appearance from multiple images, also known as inverse rendering, is a fundamental problem in computer graphics and vision. Inverse rendering is inherently ill-posed because the captured image is an…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-03-28 Akshat Dave , Yongyi Zhao , Ashok Veeraraghavan

The approaches for analyzing the polarimetric scattering matrix of polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (PolSAR) data have always been the focus of PolSAR image classification. Generally, the polarization coherent matrix and the covariance…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-04-26 Xu Liu , Licheng Jiao , Xu Tang , Qigong Sun , Dan Zhang

We present Monte Carlo simulations of dusty spiral galaxies, modelled as bulge + disk systems, aimed to study their extinction and polarization properties. The extinction parameters (absorption and scattering) of dust grains are calculated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Simone Bianchi , Andrea Ferrara , Carlo Giovanardi

The formation of $e^\pm$ plasmas within pulsar magnetospheres through quantum electrodynamics (QED) cascades in vacuum gaps is widely acknowledged. This paper aims to investigate the effect of photon polarization during the QED cascade…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-04-30 Huai-Hang Song , Matteo Tamburini

$\textit{Aims.}$ We present a case study to demonstrate the potential of multi-wavelength polarization measurements. The aim is to investigate the effects that dichroic polarization and thermal re-emission have on tracing the magnetic field…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 S. Reissl , S. Wolf , D. Seifried

POLDIS is a Monte Carlo program for polarized (semi-inclusive) deep inelastic scattering (DIS). Unpolarized DIS events are generated with the existing lepto-production event generators LEPTO for DIS and AROMA for Heavy Flavor production.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-10-30 Alessandro Bravar , Krzysztof Kurek , Roland Windmolders

Proton radiography is used in various high-energy-density (HED) plasma experiments. In this paper, we describe a Monte Carlo and ray-tracing simulation tool called MPRAD that can be used for modeling the deflection of proton beams in…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2020-01-08 Yingchao Lu , Hui Li , Kirk A. Flippo , Kwyntero Kelso , Andy Liao , Shengtai Li , Edison Liang

We present a new method to calculate the polarised synchrotron emission of radio AGN sources using magnetic field information from 3-dimensional relativistic magnetohydrodynamical (RMHD) simulations. Like its predecessor, which uses…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2025-09-30 Larissa Jerrim , Stas Shabala , Patrick Yates-Jones , Martin Krause , Ross Turner , Georgia Stewart , Chris Power

Radiative-transfer (RT) is a key component for investigating atmospheres of planetary bodies. With the 3D nature of exoplanet atmospheres being important in giving rise to their observable properties, accurate and fast 3D methods are…