2020/03/02 by Peter Camps, M. Baes, Camps, Peter +1 · 10 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA) #FOS: Physical sciences #Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2003.00721
openalex publication_date 2020/03/02 · openalex created_date 2022/07/26 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The open source SKIRT Monte Carlo radiative transfer code has been used for\nmore than 15 years to model the interaction between radiation and dust in\nvarious astrophysical systems. In this work, we present version 9 of the code,\nwhich has been substantially redesigned to support long-term objectives. We\ninvite interested readers to participate in the development, testing and\napplication of new features such as including gas media types in addition to\ndust, performing line transfer in addition to continuum radiation transfer, and\nmodeling polarization by non-spherical dust grains aligned by magnetic fields.\nWe describe the major challenges involved in preparing the code for these and\nother extensions, as well as their resolution, including a completely new\ntreatment of wavelengths to support kinematics. SKIRT 9 properly runs over 400\nhandcrafted functional tests and successfully performs all relevant benchmarks.\nThe source code and all documentation is publicly available for use and ready\nfor further collaborative development.\n