Numerical solution of the expanding stellar atmosphere problem

DOI10.1016/S0377-0427(99)00153-3MaRDI QIDQ1807710zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Peter H. Hauschildt, E. Jason Baron

Publication date 21 March 2000

Published in Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9808182

zbMATH Keywords

iteration schemesNLTEnovaeparallel numerical algorithmsradiative transferstellar windssupernovae

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Integro-partial differential equations (45K05) Numerical methods for integral equations (65R20) Parallel numerical computation (65Y05) Computational methods for problems pertaining to astronomy and astrophysics (85-08) Galactic and stellar structure (85A15) Radiative transfer in astronomy and astrophysics (85A25)

Abstract: In this paper we discuss numerical methods and algorithms for the solution of NLTE stellar atmosphere problems involving expanding atmospheres, e.g., found in novae, supernovae and stellar winds. We show how a scheme of nested iterations can be used to reduce the high dimension of the problem to a number of problems with smaller dimensions. As examples of these sub-problems, we discuss the numerical solution of the radiative transfer equation for relativistically expanding media with spherical symmetry, the solution of the multi-level non-LTE statistical equilibrium problem for extremely large model atoms, and our temperature correction procedure. Although modern iteration schemes are very efficient, parallel algorithms are essential in making large scale calculations feasible, therefore we discuss some parallelization schemes that we have developed.

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