A modification of the Monte Carlo method for simulation of radiative transfer in molecular clouds

Authors
Citation
Ma. Voronkov, A modification of the Monte Carlo method for simulation of radiative transfer in molecular clouds, ASTRON LETT, 25(3), 1999, pp. 149-155
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ASTRONOMY LETTERS-A JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMY AND SPACE ASTROPHYSICS
ISSN journal
10637737 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
149 - 155
Database
ISI
SICI code
1063-7737(199903)25:3<149:AMOTMC>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
We propose a method of simulation that is based on the averaging of formal solutions of the transfer equation by taking the integral by the Monte Carl o method. This method is used to compute two models, which correspond to th e limiting cases of hot gas and cold background radiation and of hot backgr ound radiation and cold gas, for E-methanol emission from a compact homogen eous spherical region. We analyze model level populations by using rotation al diagrams in the limiting cases mentioned above. Model optical depths of the lines with frequencies below 300 GHz up to J = 11 inclusive are given.