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Multidimensional Radiative Transfer in Accretion Environments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

J. Steinacker ,
Th. Henning  and
A. Menshchikov
J. Steinacker
Affiliation:
MPG Research Unit “Dust in Star-Forming Regions”, Schillergäβchen 2–3, 07745 Jena, Germany
Th. Henning
Affiliation:
MPG Research Unit “Dust in Star-Forming Regions”, Schillergäβchen 2–3, 07745 Jena, Germany
A. Menshchikov
Affiliation:
MPG Research Unit “Dust in Star-Forming Regions”, Schillergäβchen 2–3, 07745 Jena, Germany

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Most likely produced as thermal emission by dust grains, infrared emission from young stars and active galaxies reveals information about the internal energy source, the spatial distribution of the surrounding matter and its dynamical evolution. In this way, radiative transfer works as a bridge between HD/MHD accretion disk theory and observations. For young stellar objects and active galactic nuclei, the source geometry is of crucial importance for the modelling the emerging radiation. Observations indicate rotationally symmetric accretion disks, tori, or more complicated density structures around multiple sources, making multidimensional calculations necessary.

Type
Part 15. Poster Papers
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 163: Accretion Phenomena and Related Outflows , 1997 , pp. 807 - 808
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1997

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