2017/06/06 by I. Hubený, Hubeny, Ivan, T. Lanz +1 · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Atomic and Molecular Physics #Astro and Planetary Science
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1706.01859
This is the first of three papers that present a detailed guide for working with the codes \sc tlusty and \sc synspec to generate model stellar atmospheres or accretion disks, and to produce detailed synthetic spectra. In this paper, we present a very brief manual intended for casual users who intend to use these codes for simple, well defined tasks. This paper does not present any background theory, or a description of the adopted numerical approaches, but instead uses simple examples to explain how to employ these codes. In particular, it shows how to produce a simple model atmosphere from the scratch, or how to improve an existing model by considering more extended model atoms. This paper also presents a brief guide to the spectrum synthesis program \sc synspec.