Issue |
A&A
Volume 417, Number 3, April III 2004
|
|
---|---|---|
Page(s) | 793 - 805 | |
Section | Astrophysical processes | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20040017 | |
Published online | 26 March 2004 |
The 2D continuum radiative transfer problem
Benchmark results for disk configurations
1
Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Königstuhl 17, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany
2
California Institute of Technology, 1201 East California Blvd, Mail Code 105-24, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
3
Astrophysikalisches Institut und Universitäts-Sternwarte, Schillergässchen 2-3, 07745 Jena, Germany
4
Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik, Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1, 85741 Garching, Germany
5
Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Département Fresnel, UMR 6528, BP 4229, 06034 Nice Cedex 4, France
6
Zentrum für Astronomie und Astrophysik, TU Berlin, Hardenbergstraße 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
Corresponding author: I. Pascucci, pascucci@mpia-hd.mpg.de
Received:
26
July
2002
Accepted:
2
January
2004
We present benchmark problems and solutions for the continuum radiative transfer (RT) in a 2D disk configuration. The reliability of three Monte-Carlo and two grid-based codes is tested by comparing their results for a set of well-defined cases which differ for optical depth and viewing angle. For all the configurations, the overall shape of the resulting temperature and spectral energy distribution is well reproduced. The solutions we provide can be used for the verification of other RT codes. We also point out the advantages and disadvantages of the various numerical techniques applied to solve the RT problem.
Key words: radiative transfer / stars: circumstellar matter / methods: numerical
© ESO, 2004
Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.
Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.
Initial download of the metrics may take a while.