Coport: a new public code for polarized radiative transfer in a covariant framework
Abstract
General relativistic radiative transfer calculations are essential for comparing theoretical models of black hole accretion flows and jets with observational data. In this work, we introduce Coport,[The public version of Coport is available at the following URL: https://github.com/JieweiHuang/Coport.] a novel public code specifically designed for covariant polarized ray-tracing radiative transfer computations in any spacetime. Written in Julia, Coport includes an interface for visualizing numerical results obtained from HARM, a publicly available implementation of the general relativistic magnetohydrodynamics code. We validate the precision of our code by comparing its outputs with the results from a variety of established methodologies. This includes the verification against analytical solutions, the validation through thin-disk assessments, and the evaluation via thick-disk analyses. Notably, our code employs a methodology that eliminates the need for separating the computations of spacetime propagation and plasma propagation. Instead, it directly solves the coupled, covariant, polarized radiative transfer equation in curved spacetime, seamlessly integrating the effects of gravity with plasma influences. This approach sets our code apart from the existing alternatives and enhances its accuracy and efficiency.
- Publication:
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Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
- Pub Date:
- November 2024
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2407.10431
- Bibcode:
- 2024JCAP...11..054H
- Keywords:
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- absorption and radiation processes;
- astrophysical black holes;
- astrophysical fluid dynamics;
- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena;
- Astrophysics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
- E-Print:
- Accepted by JCAP. Minor revision. 27 pages, 6 figures