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dusty

solves the problem of radiation transport in a dusty environment

Version : 1.0
Author(s) : Ivezic, Z., Nenkova
License : dusty
Website : http://hea-www.harvard.edu/RD/ds9/

Disk space required for installation is 2.86 Mb

After the package is installed it can be accessed using the command


		/opt/lfa/startdusty

     

A shortcut will be installed in the KDE/GNOME desktop menu system,
as an entry in the Astronomy submenu

The following printable documents will be installed :

Summary

DUSTY solves the problem of radiation transport in a dusty environment. The code can handle both spherical and planar geometries. The user specifies the properties of the radiation source
and dusty region, and the code calculates the dust temperature distribution and the radiation field in it. The solution method is based on a self-consistent equation for the radiative energy
density, including dust scattering, absorption and emission, and does not introduce any approximations. The solution is exact to within the specified numerical accuracy.

DUSTY has built in optical properties for the most common types of astronomical dust and comes with a library for many other grains. It supports various analytical forms for the density
distribution, and can perform a full dynamical calculation for radiatively driven winds around AGB stars. The spectral energy distribution of the source can be specified analytically as either
Planckian or broken power-law. In addition, arbitrary dust optical properties, density distributions and external radiation can be entered in user supplied files. Furthermore, the wavelength grid
can be modified to accommodate spectral features. A single DUSTY run can process an unlimited number of models, with each input set producing a run of optical depths, as specified. The
user controls the detail level of the output, which can include both spectral and imaging properties as well as other quantities of interest.



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