SAMCSS | Monte Carlo Papers
Below are links to papers that describe the implementation of various techniques in Monte Carlo radiation transfer codes and also papers that describe some of the codes that will be discussed in more detail by lecturers during the school.
General Monte Carlo radiation transfer and scattering codes
There are many papers describing general techniques for propagating and scattering photons in Monte Carlo codes. The following two recent reviews provide the basic equations and references to many previous and original papers.
- Monte Carlo radiative transfer Whitney, B.A. 2011, BASI, 39, 101 (astro-ph version)
- 3D dust radiative transfer Steinacker, J., Baes, M., & Gordon, K. 2013, ARA&A, 51 (astro-ph version)
- Synthetic line profiles of rotationally distorted hot-star winds Harries, T.J., 2000, MNRAS, 315, 722
- An algorithm for Monte Carlo time dependent radiation transfer Harries, T.J., 2011, MNRAS, 416, 1500
Radiative Equilibrium
- Computing radiative equilibria with Monte Carlo techniques Lucy, L.B. 1999, A&A, 344, 282
- Radiative equilibrium and temperature correction in Monte Carlo radiation transfer Bjorkman, J.E. & Wood K. 2001, ApJ, 554, 615
- HYPERION: An open-source parallelized three-dimensional dust continuum radiative transfer code Robitaille, T.P. 2011, A&A, 536, A79
- Three-dimensional dust radiative transfer models: the Pinwheel Nebula of WR 104 Harries, T.J., Monnier, J.D., Symington, N.H., & Kurosawa, R. 2004, MNRAS, 350, 565
Photoionization
- Diffuse radiation in models of photoionized nebulae Och, S.R., Lucy, L.B. 1998, A&A, 336, 301
- MOCASSIN: a fully three-dimensional Monte Carlo photoionization code Ercolano, B., Barlow, M.J., Storey, P.J., & Liu, X.W. 2003, MNRAS, 340, 1136
- A three-dimensional Monte Carlo photoionization code for modeling diffuse ionized gas Wood, K., Mathis, J.S., & Ercolano, B. 2004, MNRAS, 348, 1337
Non Local Thermodynamic Equilibrium and Molecular Lines
- A Monte Carlo approach to non-LTE radiative transfer problems Bernes, C. 1979, A&A, 73, 67
- LIME - a flexible non-LTE line excitation and radiation transfer method for millimeter and far-infrared wavelengths Brinch, C. & Hogerheijde, M.R. 2010, A&A, 523, A25
- An accelerated Monte Carlo method to solve two-dimensional radiative transfer and molecular excitation with applications to axisymmetric models of star formation Hogerheijde, M.R. & van der Tak, F.F.S. 2000, A&A, 362, 697
- A computer program for fast non-LTE analysis of interstellar line spectra with diagnostic plots to interpret line intensity ratios van der Tak, F.F.S., et al. 2007, A&A, 468, 627
- An atomic and molecular database for analysis of submillimetre line observations Schoier, F.L., van der Tak, F.F.S., van Dishoeck, E.F., & Black, J.H. 2005, A&A, 432, 369