POWDERDAY: Dust Radiative Transfer for Galaxy Simulations

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POWDERDAY : Dust Radiative Transfer for Galaxy Simulations. / Narayanan, Desika; Turk, Matthew J.; Robitaille, Thomas; Kelly, Ashley J.; McClellan, B. Connor; Sharma, Ray S.; Garg, Prerak; Abruzzo, Matthew; Choi, Ena; Conroy, Charlie; Johnson, Benjamin D.; Kimock, Benjamin; Li, Qi; Lovell, Christopher C.; Lower, Sidney; Privon, George C.; Roberts, Jonathan; Sethuram, Snigdaa; Snyder, Gregory F.; Thompson, Robert; Wise, John H.

In: Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Vol. 252, No. 1, 12, 13.01.2021.

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Narayanan, D, Turk, MJ, Robitaille, T, Kelly, AJ, McClellan, BC, Sharma, RS, Garg, P, Abruzzo, M, Choi, E, Conroy, C, Johnson, BD, Kimock, B, Li, Q, Lovell, CC, Lower, S, Privon, GC, Roberts, J, Sethuram, S, Snyder, GF, Thompson, R & Wise, JH 2021, 'POWDERDAY: Dust Radiative Transfer for Galaxy Simulations', Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 252, no. 1, 12. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/abc487

APA

Narayanan, D., Turk, M. J., Robitaille, T., Kelly, A. J., McClellan, B. C., Sharma, R. S., Garg, P., Abruzzo, M., Choi, E., Conroy, C., Johnson, B. D., Kimock, B., Li, Q., Lovell, C. C., Lower, S., Privon, G. C., Roberts, J., Sethuram, S., Snyder, G. F., ... Wise, J. H. (2021). POWDERDAY: Dust Radiative Transfer for Galaxy Simulations. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 252(1), [12]. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/abc487

Vancouver

Narayanan D, Turk MJ, Robitaille T, Kelly AJ, McClellan BC, Sharma RS et al. POWDERDAY: Dust Radiative Transfer for Galaxy Simulations. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 2021 Jan 13;252(1). 12. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/abc487

Author

Narayanan, Desika ; Turk, Matthew J. ; Robitaille, Thomas ; Kelly, Ashley J. ; McClellan, B. Connor ; Sharma, Ray S. ; Garg, Prerak ; Abruzzo, Matthew ; Choi, Ena ; Conroy, Charlie ; Johnson, Benjamin D. ; Kimock, Benjamin ; Li, Qi ; Lovell, Christopher C. ; Lower, Sidney ; Privon, George C. ; Roberts, Jonathan ; Sethuram, Snigdaa ; Snyder, Gregory F. ; Thompson, Robert ; Wise, John H. / POWDERDAY : Dust Radiative Transfer for Galaxy Simulations. In: Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 2021 ; Vol. 252, No. 1.

Bibtex

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title = "POWDERDAY: Dust Radiative Transfer for Galaxy Simulations",
abstract = "We present powderday (available at ), a flexible, fast, open-source dust radiative transfer package designed to interface with both idealized and cosmological galaxy formation simulations. powderday builds on fsps stellar population synthesis models, and hyperion dust radiative transfer, and employs yt to interface between different software packages. We include our stellar population synthesis modeling on the fly, allowing significant flexibility in the assumed stellar physics and nebular line emission. The dust content follows either simple observationally motivated prescriptions (i.e., constant dust-to-metals ratios, or dust-to-gas ratios that vary with metallicity), direct modeling from galaxy formation simulations that include dust physics, as well as a novel approach that includes the dust content via learning-based algorithms from the simba cosmological galaxy formation simulation. Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) can additionally be included via a range of prescriptions. The output of these models are broadband (912 A-1 mm) spectral energy distributions (SEDs), as well as filter-convolved monochromatic images. powderday is designed to eliminate last-mile efforts by researchers that employ different hydrodynamic galaxy formation models and seamlessly interfaces with gizmo, arepo, gasoline, changa, and enzo. We demonstrate the capabilities of the code via three applications: a model for the star formation rate-infrared luminosity relation in galaxies (including the impact of AGNs), the impact of circumstellar dust around AGB stars on the mid-infrared emission from galaxy SEDs, and the impact of galaxy inclination angle on dust attenuation laws.",
keywords = "Galaxy evolution, Galaxy luminosities, Astronomy software, Open source software, Radiative transfer simulations, SPECTRAL ENERGY-DISTRIBUTIONS, STAR-FORMING GALAXIES, GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION, INITIAL MASS FUNCTION, CO-H2 CONVERSION FACTOR, ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI, POPULATION SYNTHESIS, SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES, PHYSICAL-PROPERTIES, INFRARED-EMISSION",
author = "Desika Narayanan and Turk, {Matthew J.} and Thomas Robitaille and Kelly, {Ashley J.} and McClellan, {B. Connor} and Sharma, {Ray S.} and Prerak Garg and Matthew Abruzzo and Ena Choi and Charlie Conroy and Johnson, {Benjamin D.} and Benjamin Kimock and Qi Li and Lovell, {Christopher C.} and Sidney Lower and Privon, {George C.} and Jonathan Roberts and Snigdaa Sethuram and Snyder, {Gregory F.} and Robert Thompson and Wise, {John H.}",
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day = "13",
doi = "10.3847/1538-4365/abc487",
language = "English",
volume = "252",
journal = "Astrophysical Journal",
issn = "0067-0049",
publisher = "Institute of Physics Publishing, Inc",
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RIS

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AU - Narayanan, Desika

AU - Turk, Matthew J.

AU - Robitaille, Thomas

AU - Kelly, Ashley J.

AU - McClellan, B. Connor

AU - Sharma, Ray S.

AU - Garg, Prerak

AU - Abruzzo, Matthew

AU - Choi, Ena

AU - Conroy, Charlie

AU - Johnson, Benjamin D.

AU - Kimock, Benjamin

AU - Li, Qi

AU - Lovell, Christopher C.

AU - Lower, Sidney

AU - Privon, George C.

AU - Roberts, Jonathan

AU - Sethuram, Snigdaa

AU - Snyder, Gregory F.

AU - Thompson, Robert

AU - Wise, John H.

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AB - We present powderday (available at ), a flexible, fast, open-source dust radiative transfer package designed to interface with both idealized and cosmological galaxy formation simulations. powderday builds on fsps stellar population synthesis models, and hyperion dust radiative transfer, and employs yt to interface between different software packages. We include our stellar population synthesis modeling on the fly, allowing significant flexibility in the assumed stellar physics and nebular line emission. The dust content follows either simple observationally motivated prescriptions (i.e., constant dust-to-metals ratios, or dust-to-gas ratios that vary with metallicity), direct modeling from galaxy formation simulations that include dust physics, as well as a novel approach that includes the dust content via learning-based algorithms from the simba cosmological galaxy formation simulation. Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) can additionally be included via a range of prescriptions. The output of these models are broadband (912 A-1 mm) spectral energy distributions (SEDs), as well as filter-convolved monochromatic images. powderday is designed to eliminate last-mile efforts by researchers that employ different hydrodynamic galaxy formation models and seamlessly interfaces with gizmo, arepo, gasoline, changa, and enzo. We demonstrate the capabilities of the code via three applications: a model for the star formation rate-infrared luminosity relation in galaxies (including the impact of AGNs), the impact of circumstellar dust around AGB stars on the mid-infrared emission from galaxy SEDs, and the impact of galaxy inclination angle on dust attenuation laws.

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KW - Galaxy luminosities

KW - Astronomy software

KW - Open source software

KW - Radiative transfer simulations

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KW - STAR-FORMING GALAXIES

KW - GRAIN-SIZE DISTRIBUTION

KW - INITIAL MASS FUNCTION

KW - CO-H2 CONVERSION FACTOR

KW - ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI

KW - POPULATION SYNTHESIS

KW - SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES

KW - PHYSICAL-PROPERTIES

KW - INFRARED-EMISSION

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DO - 10.3847/1538-4365/abc487

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VL - 252

JO - Astrophysical Journal

JF - Astrophysical Journal

SN - 0067-0049

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