Efficient radiative transfer modelling with SKIRT
arXiv:astro-ph/0503483 · doi:10.1063/1.1913913
Abstract
We present SKIRT, a three-dimensional Monte Carlo radiative transfer code developed to study dusty galaxies. We discuss SKIRT's most important characteristics and present a number of applications. In particular, we focus on the kinematical aspect of SKIRT. We demonstrate that dust attenuation mimics the presence of dark matter around elliptical galaxies and that it severely affects the rotation curves of edge-on galaxies.
12 pages, 5 figures. To appear in "The Spectral Energy Distribution of Gas-Rich Galaxies: Confronting Models with Data", eds. C.C. Popescu and R.J. Tuffs, AIP Conference Series. A version with high resolution figures can be found at http://allserv.ugent.be/~mbaes/AIP.ps.gz
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