Numerical solution of the expanding stellar atmosphere problem

DOI10.1016/S0377-0427(99)00153-3zbMATH Open0932.85002arXivastro-ph/9808182OpenAlexW1971519595MaRDI QIDQ1807710FDOQ1807710

Authors: Peter H. Hauschildt, E. Bar-on 

Publication date: 21 March 2000

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

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.

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

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zbMATH Keywords

radiative transfersupernovaestellar windsparallel numerical algorithmsiteration schemesnovaeNLTE

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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