/radiativeTransfer

astrophysical transfer of diffuse and point-source radiation

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Astrophysical radiative transfer

This repository hosts the source code for astrophysical radiative transfer of diffuse (wide angular distribution) and point-source (coming from stellar sources) radiation on nested (AMR) grids. The code was written with galaxy formation in mind but can be modified to any astrophysical problem. The radiative transfer algorithm was described in:

  • diffuse solver: Razoumov A. and Cardall C.Y., 2005, MNRAS, 362, 1413.
  • point-source solver: Razoumov A. and Sommer-Larsen J., 2006, ApJ, 651, L89.

The derivatives of this code have been tested for many astrophysical problems including strong scattering in stellar atmospheres (with good convergence).

If you need help with adapting this code to your particular astrophysical problem, please contact the author.