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MONTE-CARLO RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL OF THE DIFFUSE GALACTIC LIGHT KCI 등재 SCOPUS

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천문학회지 (Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society)
한국천문학회 (Korean Astronomical Society)
초록

Monte-Carlo radiative models of the diffuse Galactic light (DGL) in our Galaxy are calcu- lated using the dust radiative transfer code MoCafe, which is three-dimensional and takes full account of multiple scattering. The code is recently updated to use a fast voxel traversal algorithm, which has dramatically increased the computing speed. The radiative transfer models are calculated with the gen- erally accepted dust scale-height of 0.1 kpc. The stellar scale-heights are assumed to be 0.1 or 0.35 kpc, appropriate for far-ultraviolet (FUV) and optical wavelengths, respectively. The face-on optical depth, measured perpendicular to the Galactic plane, is also varied from 0.2 to 0.6, suitable to the optical to FUV wavelengths, respectively. We find that the DGL at high Galactic latitudes is mostly due to backward or large-angle scattering of starlight originating from the local stars within a radial distance of r < 0.5 kpc from the Earth. On the other hand, the DGL measured in the Galactic plane is mostly due to stars at a distance range that corresponds to an optical depth of ≈ 1 measured from the Earth. Therefore, the low-latitude DGL at the FUV wavelength band would be mostly caused by the stars located at a distance of r . 0.5 kpc and the optical DGL near the Galactic plane mainly originates from stars within a distance range of 1 . r . 2 kpc. We also calculate the radiative transfer models in a clumpy two-phase medium. The clumpy two-phase models provide lower intensities at high Galactic latitudes compared to the uniform density models, because of the lower effective optical depth in clumpy media. However, no significant difference in the intensity at the Galactic plane is found.

목차
Abstract
1. INTRODUCTION
2. RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL
3. RESULTS
    3.1. HomogeneousMedium
    3.2. Two-Phase Medium
4. CONCLUDING REMARKS
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저자
  • Kwang-Il Seon(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute/Astronomy and Space Science Major, Korea University of Science and Technology) Corresponding author