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Aims: We introduce a new deep-learning approach for the reconstruction of 3D dust density and temperature distributions from multi-wavelength dust emission observations on the scale of individual star-forming cloud cores (<0.2pc). Methods:…

The topic of the present study is combining a dynamic model of a protoplanetary disk with the computations of radiation transfer for obtaining synthetic spectra and disk images suitable for immediate comparison of the model with…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-23 A. M. Skliarevskii , Ya. N. Pavlyuchenkov , E. I. Vorobyov

We present a code for generating synthetic SEDs and intensity maps from Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics simulation snapshots. The code is based on the Lucy (1999) Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer method, i.e. it follows discrete luminosity…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-03 O. Lomax , A. P. Whitworth

Aims. We present MCFOST-art, a new non-local thermodynamic equilibrium radiative transfer solver for multilevel atomic systems. The code is embedded in the 3D radiative transfer code MCFOST and is compatible with most of the MCFOST modules.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-03 B. Tessore , C. Pinte , J. Bouvier , F. Ménard

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

Muon ionization cooling involves passing particles through solid or liquid absorbers. Careful simulations are required to design muon cooling channels. New features have been developed for inclusion in the transfer map code COSY Infinity to…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2018-08-15 Josiah Kunz , Pavel Snopok , Martin Berz , Kyoko Makino

Recently 3D hydrodynamical simulations of stellar surface convection have become feasible thanks to advances in computer technology and efficient numerical algorithms. Available observational diagnostics indicate that these models are…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Martin Asplund , Remo Collet

We show the necessity for a new approach towards comprehensive and consistent simulations of the propagation of galactic cosmic rays. Our developments are optimised for addressing the spatially 3-dimensional inhomogeneous diffusion problem…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-14 M. Werner , R. Kissmann , A. W. Strong , O. Reimer

Abridged: Recent simulations have explored different ways to form accretion disks around low-mass stars. We aim to present observables to differentiate a rotationally supported disk from an infalling rotating envelope toward deeply embedded…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-29 Daniel Harsono , Ewine van Dishoeck , Simon Bruderer , Zhi-Yun Li , Jes Jorgensen

Radiative transfer simulation is an important tool that allows us to generate synthetic images of various astrophysical objects. In the case of complex three-dimensional geometries, a Monte Carlo-based method that simulates photon packages…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-27 A. Krieger , S. Wolf

We present a set of new numerical methods that are relevant to calculating radiation pressure terms in hydrodynamics calculations, with a particular focus on massive star formation. The radiation force is determined from a Monte Carlo…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Tim J. Harries

A new Monte-Carlo radiative-transfer code, Sunrise, is used to study the effects of dust in N-body/hydrodynamic simulations of interacting galaxies. Dust has a profound effect on the appearance of the simulated galaxies. At peak…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-08-05 Patrik Jonsson , T. J. Cox , Joel R. Primack

A new Monte-Carlo algorithm for calculating time-dependent radiative-transfer under the assumption of LTE is presented. Unlike flux-limited diffusion the method is polychromatic, includes scattering, and is able to treat the optically thick…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 Tim J. Harries

Sub-millimetre dust emission is often used to derive the column density N of dense interstellar clouds. The observations consist of data at several wavelengths but of variable resolution. We examine two procedures that been proposed for the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 M. Juvela , J. Malinen , T. Lunttila

Context. We present the COMetary dust TAIL Simulator (COMTAILS), a numerical Monte Carlo code to generate images of dust tail brightness from comets and active asteroids in the Solar System. Aims. We describe a numerical code, available to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-10 Fernando Moreno

We propose in this work a Monte Carlo method for three dimensional scalar radiative transfer equations with non-integrable, space-dependent scattering kernels. Such kernels typically account for long-range statistical features, and arise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-19 Christophe Gomez , Olivier Pinaud

We present a new 2D axisymmetric code, cuDisc, for studying protoplanetary discs, focusing on the self-consistent calculation of dust dynamics, grain size distribution and disc temperature. Self-consistently studying these physical…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-29 Alfie Robinson , Richard A. Booth , James E. Owen

In 1992 the Far-Ultraviolet Space Telescope (FAUST) provided measurements of the ultraviolet (140-180nm) diffuse sky background at high, medium, and low Galactic latitudes. A significant fraction of the detected radiation was found to be of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Adolf N. Witt , Brian C. Friedmann , Timothy P. Sasseen

In order to examine their relation to the host galaxy, the extraplanar dust of six nearby galaxies are modeled, employing a three dimensional Monte Carlo radiative transfer code. The targets are from the highly-inclined galaxies that show…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-20 Jong-Ho Shinn , Kwang-Il Seon

We produce three-dimensional Monte-Carlo radiative transfer models of the edge-on spiral galaxy NGC 891, a fast-rotating galaxy thought to be an analogue to the Milky Way. The models contain realistic spiral arms and a fractal distribution…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2012-01-27 Andrew Schechtman-Rook , Matthew A. Bershady , Kenneth Wood