Monte Carlo radiative transfer in SPH density fields

Details Monte Carlo radiative transfer in SPH density fields Monte Carlo radiative transfer in SPH density fields

2005-05-13

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0505289v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted by A&A

Scientific paper

10.1051/0004-6361:20052951

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 generated by an SPH simulation. On large scales, the radiative transfer cells (RT cells) are borrowed from the tree structure built by the SPH code, and are chosen so that their size -- and hence the resolution of the calculated temperature field -- is comparable with the resolution of the density field. We refer collectively to these cubic RT cells as the 'global grid'. The code is tested and found to treat externally illuminated dust configurations very well. However, when there are embedded discrete sources, i.e. stars, these produce very steep local temperature gradients which can only be modelled properly if -- in the immediate vicinity of, and centred on, each embedded star -- we supplement the global grid with a 'star grid' of closely spaced concentric RT cells.

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