Time-dependent Monte Carlo continuum radiative transfer

被引:0
|
作者
Bensberg, A. [1 ]
Wolf, S. [1 ]
机构
[1] Christian Albrechts Univ Kiel, Inst Theoret Phys & Astrophys, Leibnizstr 15, D-24118 Kiel, Germany
关键词
radiative transfer; methods: numerical; circumstellar matter; protoplanetary disks; ISM: clouds; stars: variables: general; PHOTOMETRIC VARIABILITY; DUST; TAURI; GRAPHITE; EMISSION; STARS;
D O I
10.1051/0004-6361/202142970
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
Context. Variability is a characteristic feature of young stellar objects that is caused by various underlying physical processes. Multi-epoch observations in the optical and infrared combined with radiative transfer simulations are key to study these processes in detail. Aims. We present an implementation of an algorithm for 3D time-dependent Monte Carlo radiative transfer. It allows one to simulate temperature distributions as well as images and spectral energy distributions of the scattered light and thermal reemission radiation for variable illuminating and heating sources embedded in dust distributions, such as circumstellar disks and dust shells on time scales up to weeks. Methods. We extended the publicly available 3D Monte Carlo radiative transfer code POLARIS with efficient methods for the simulation of temperature distributions, scattering, and thermal reemission of dust distributions illuminated by temporally variable radiation sources. The influence of the chosen temporal step width and the number of photon packages per time step as key parameters for a given configuration is shown by simulating the temperature distribution in a spherical envelope around an embedded central star. The effect of the optical depth on the temperature simulation is discussed for the spherical envelope as well as for a model of a circumstellar disk with an embedded star. Finally, we present simulations of an outburst of a star surrounded by a circumstellar disk. Results. The presented algorithm for time-dependent 3D continuum Monte Carlo radiative transfer is a valuable basis for preparatory studies as well as for the analysis of continuum observations of the dusty environment around variable sources, such as accreting young stellar objects. In particular, the combined study of light echos in the optical and near-infrared wavelength range and the corresponding time-dependent thermal reemission observables of variable, for example outbursting sources, becomes possible on all involved spatial scales.
引用
收藏
页数:14
相关论文
共 50 条