Formal Solutions for Polarized Radiative Transfer. II. High-order Methods
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Authors
Type
Journal Article
Year
2017
Language
English
Abstract
When integrating the radiative transfer equation for polarized light, the necessity of high-order numerical methods is well known. In fact, well-performing high-order formal solvers enable higher accuracy and the use of coarser spatial grids. Aiming to provide a clear comparison between formal solvers, this work presents different high-order numerical schemes and applies the systematic analysis proposed by Janett et al., emphasizing their advantages and drawbacks in terms of order of accuracy, stability, and computational cost.
Journal
The Astrophysical Journal
Volume
845
Number
2
Start page number
104
Keywords
irsol-refereed-scientific-papers
