A REVIEW OF HEIDELBERG RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATION SOLUTIONS

R. Wehrse; E. Meinköhn; G. Kanschat

doi:10.1051/eas:2002113

Issue		EAS Publications Series Volume 5, 2002 Radiative Transfer and Hydrodynamics in Astrophysics


Page(s)		13 - 13
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/eas:2002113
Published online		25 September 2002

Radiative Transfer and Hydrodynamics in Astrophysics
Ph. Stee (ed)
EAS Publications Series, 5 (2002) 13

A REVIEW OF HEIDELBERG RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATION SOLUTIONS

R. Wehrse¹, E. Meinköhn² and G. Kanschat³

¹ Institut f. Theoret. Astrophysik, Universität Heidelberg, Tiergartenstr. 15, 69121 Heidelberg, Germany
² Interdisziplinäres Zentrum f. Wissenschaftliches Rechnen, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 368, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
³ Institut f. Angew. Mathematik, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 294, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany

Abstract

Analytical and numerical solutions of the radiative transfer equation recently obtained in Heidelberg are reviewed. In particular, a multidimensional finite-element algorithm for unstructured grids that can be adaptively refined is discussed in detail.