Perspectives in Radiative Transfer and Interferometry
S. Wolf, F. Allard and Ph. Stee (eds)
EAS Publications Series, 28 (2008) 31-36DOI: 10.1051/eas:0828005
Atmospheric Dynamics of Red Supergiant Stars and Interferometry
A. Chiavassa GRAAL, cc072, Université Montpellier II, 34095 Montpellier Cedex 05, France
(Published online: 22 April 2008)
Abstract
We developed a 3D pure LTE radiative transfer code to derive observables expected for RSGs, with emphasis on small scale structures, from radiative-hydrodynamic (RHD) simulations of red supergiant stars (RSGs) carried out with CO5BOLD (Freytag
et al. 2002). We show that the convection-related surface structures are observable with today's interferometers. Moreover, the RHD simulations are a great improvement over parametric models for the interpretation of interferometric observations.
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