Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-02-08
Astron.Astrophys.467:187,2007
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
28 pages, 16 figures, see all benchmark data under: http://www.ph1.uni-koeln.de/pdr-comparison
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20065918
We present a comparison between independent computer codes, modeling the physics and chemistry of interstellar photon dominated regions (PDRs). Our goal was to understand the mutual differences in the PDR codes and their effects on the physical and chemical structure of the model clouds, and to converge the output of different codes to a common solution. A number of benchmark models have been created, covering low and high gas densities and far ultraviolet intensities. The benchmark models were computed in two ways: one set assuming constant temperatures, thus testing the consistency of the chemical network and photo-processes, and a second set determining the temperature selfconsistently. We investigated the impact of PDR geometry and agreed on the comparison of results from spherical and plane-parallel PDR models. We identified a number of key processes governing the chemical network which have been treated differently in the various codes, and defined a proper common treatment. We established a comprehensive set of reference models for ongoing and future PDR model bench-marking and were able to increase the agreement in model predictions for all benchmark models significantly.
Abel Nicholas Paul
Bell Tom
Bensch Frank
Black John
Ferland Gary J.
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