General relativistic radiative transfer: formulation and emission from structured tori around black holes
Ziri YounsiMullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Surrey, RH5 6NT, UKKinwah WuMullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Surrey, RH5 6NT, UKSteven V. FuerstKavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
2012en
ABI
Abstract
Aims. We aim to construct a general relativistic radiative transfer formulation, applicable to particles with or without mass in astrophysical settings, wherein ray-tracing calculations can be performed for arbitrary geodesics for a given space-time geometry.
Identifiers
Citations and references
Cited by 20 references