Documentos de Académico
Documentos de Profesional
Documentos de Cultura
of Wind-Driven Triggering
Christopher De Vries
Cal. State Stanislaus
Collaborators:
Gopal Narayanan (UMass Amherst)
Harri Vanhala (USRA/NCESSE)
Ron Snell (UMass Amherst)
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Modeling Observations
Two Pronged Approach
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Modeling Observations
- Radiative Transfer
LVG Radiative Transfer
• Fast
• Accurate line shapes
10
Tex (K)
6 Monte Carlo
LVG
4 LTE
14
J=3-2
12
10
Tex (K)
4
0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0
r (cm) x1e+17
Monte Carlo, LVG, and LTE
−1 −1 −1
Vin=0.0 km s Vin=0.05 km s Vin=0.12 km s
8
4
Tr (K)
0
-1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0 -1.0 -0.5 0.0 0.5 1.0
V (km s−1)
Model Schematic
O A B C
s
θ
Centroid Velocity
-50 -50 4
-100 -100
3
-150
-150
150 100 50 0 -50 -100 -150 -200 100 50 0 -50 -100 -150 -200 2
RA Offset (asec) RA Offset (asec)
Molecular Virtual Observatory
LVG, though fast is not exact. We are currently developing a
next generation radiative transfer platform.