Monte Carlo Radiation Transport for Astrophysical Transients Powered by Circumstellar Interaction
In this paper, we introduce SuperLite , an open-source Monte Carlo radiation transport code designed to produce synthetic spectra for astrophysical transient phenomena affected by circumstellar interaction. SuperLite utilizes Monte Carlo methods for semi-implicit, semirelativistic radiation transpor...
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| author | Gururaj A. Wagle Emmanouil Chatzopoulos Ryan T. Wollaeger Christopher J. Fontes |
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| description | In this paper, we introduce SuperLite , an open-source Monte Carlo radiation transport code designed to produce synthetic spectra for astrophysical transient phenomena affected by circumstellar interaction. SuperLite utilizes Monte Carlo methods for semi-implicit, semirelativistic radiation transport in high-velocity shocked outflows, employing multigroup structured opacity calculations. The code enables rapid post-processing of hydrodynamic profiles to generate high-quality spectra that can be compared with observations of transient events, including superluminous supernovae, pulsational pair-instability supernovae, and other peculiar transients. We present the methods employed in SuperLite and compare the code’s performance to that of other radiative transport codes, such as SuperNu and CMFGEN. We show that SuperLite has successfully passed standard Monte Carlo radiation transport tests and can reproduce spectra of typical supernovae of Type Ia, Type IIP, and Type IIn. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a5d096d74d2f4d2bb254a171c218d4bd2023-09-03T14:38:23ZengIOP PublishingThe Astrophysical Journal1538-43572023-01-01953213210.3847/1538-4357/acda23Monte Carlo Radiation Transport for Astrophysical Transients Powered by Circumstellar InteractionGururaj A. Wagle0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3356-5855Emmanouil Chatzopoulos1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8179-1654Ryan T. Wollaeger2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3265-4079Christopher J. Fontes3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1087-2964Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA ; gwagle1@lsu.eduDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA ; gwagle1@lsu.edu; Institute of Astrophysics , Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas (FORTH), Heraklion, 70013, GreeceDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University , Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA ; gwagle1@lsu.edu; Center for Theoretical Astrophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos, NM 87544, USACenter for Theoretical Astrophysics, Los Alamos National Laboratory , Los Alamos, NM 87544, USAIn this paper, we introduce SuperLite , an open-source Monte Carlo radiation transport code designed to produce synthetic spectra for astrophysical transient phenomena affected by circumstellar interaction. SuperLite utilizes Monte Carlo methods for semi-implicit, semirelativistic radiation transport in high-velocity shocked outflows, employing multigroup structured opacity calculations. The code enables rapid post-processing of hydrodynamic profiles to generate high-quality spectra that can be compared with observations of transient events, including superluminous supernovae, pulsational pair-instability supernovae, and other peculiar transients. We present the methods employed in SuperLite and compare the code’s performance to that of other radiative transport codes, such as SuperNu and CMFGEN. We show that SuperLite has successfully passed standard Monte Carlo radiation transport tests and can reproduce spectra of typical supernovae of Type Ia, Type IIP, and Type IIn.https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acda23Radiative transferMonte Carlo methodsSupernovaeCircumstellar shellsTransient sourcesStellar-interstellar interactions |
| spellingShingle | Gururaj A. Wagle Emmanouil Chatzopoulos Ryan T. Wollaeger Christopher J. Fontes Monte Carlo Radiation Transport for Astrophysical Transients Powered by Circumstellar Interaction The Astrophysical Journal Radiative transfer Monte Carlo methods Supernovae Circumstellar shells Transient sources Stellar-interstellar interactions |
| title | Monte Carlo Radiation Transport for Astrophysical Transients Powered by Circumstellar Interaction |
| title_full | Monte Carlo Radiation Transport for Astrophysical Transients Powered by Circumstellar Interaction |
| title_fullStr | Monte Carlo Radiation Transport for Astrophysical Transients Powered by Circumstellar Interaction |
| title_full_unstemmed | Monte Carlo Radiation Transport for Astrophysical Transients Powered by Circumstellar Interaction |
| title_short | Monte Carlo Radiation Transport for Astrophysical Transients Powered by Circumstellar Interaction |
| title_sort | monte carlo radiation transport for astrophysical transients powered by circumstellar interaction |
| topic | Radiative transfer Monte Carlo methods Supernovae Circumstellar shells Transient sources Stellar-interstellar interactions |
| url | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acda23 |
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