A MONTE CARLO CODE FOR RELATIVISTIC RADIATION TRANSPORT AROUND KERR BLACK HOLES

2013/02/28 by Jeremy D. Schnittman, Julian H. Krolik · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Absorption (acoustics) #Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations #Astrophysical jet #Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena #Black hole (networking) #Code (set theory) #Monte Carlo method #Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research #Radiation #Radiation transport #Radiative transfer #astro-ph.HE

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0004-637x/777/1/11

40 pp, 15 figures, Comments welcome. v2: submitted to ApJ

arxiv created 2013/03/19 · openalex publication_date 2013/10/08 · arxiv updated 2015/06/15 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We present a new code for radiation transport around Kerr black holes, including arbitrary emission and absorption mechanisms, as well as electron scattering and polarization. The code is particularly useful for analyzing accretion flows made up of optically thick disks and optically thin coronae. We give a detailed description of the methods employed in the code and also present results from a number of numerical tests to assess its accuracy and convergence.

Citations

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