Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Aug 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apj...412..731e&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 412, no. 2, p. 731-751.
Statistics
Computation
77
Computational Astrophysics, Radiative Transfer, Stellar Spectra, Supernovae, Equilibrium Equations, Line Spectra, Statistical Analysis, Transfer Functions
Scientific paper
The study combines several novel techniques for spectrum simulation in the Eddington computer program which solves the comoving frame equation of transfer coupled with the statistical and radiative equilibrium equations. One of these is a generalization of the accelerated lambda iteration (ALI) scheme to include an approximate frequency-derivative operator. This greatly enhances the convergence rate of ALI in optically thick, high-velocity shear flows. Another is a partial linearization technique which is capable of efficiently solving a very large number of rate equations on a moderately sized computer. An expansion opacity and emissivity approximation is derived which makes it possible to determine the effect on the transfer and statistical equilibrium of a very large number of lines not explicitly represented in the frequency grid and additionally to treat line-blanketing from species not explicitly included in the rate equations. The utility of these techniques is illustrated with models of two supernovae.
Eastman Ronald G.
Pinto Philip A.
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