Documentation for AggScatVIR

Contents:

• What is AggScatVIR?
  • Highlighted features
  • Assumptions and Limitations
  • How to cite?
  • Acknowledgement
• Get started
  • Download and Install
  • Structure of AggScatVIR
  • Rules for dust file names
  • Dust composition and Refractive indices
  • Structure of each dust file
  • Particle shape models
• Python package: aggscatpy
  • View particle shape
  • Reading each dust model file
  • Perform size distribution averaging and apply forward scattering chopping
  • Writing files
  • Reloading a dustkapscatmat_XXX file generated by this tool
  • Example analysis
• Visualization of Particles
  • Prerequisites
  • Basic usage
  • Particle and background colors
  • Reference bar: position and reference scale
  • Camera position and orientation of a particle
• Running RADMC-3D with AggScatVIR
  • Quick demo using radmc3dPy
  • Preparation of input files and caveats
• Appendix A: Definitions
  • Radius definitions
  • Fractal dimension, prefactor, and porosity
  • Definitions of scattering properties
• Appendix B: Gallery of the optical properties
  • GRS (Irregular grains)
  • CALP (Compact aggregates with a low porosity)
  • CAMP (Compact aggregates with a moderate porosity)
  • CAHP (Compact aggregates with a high porosity)
  • FA19 (Fractal aggregates with a fractal dimension of 1.9)
  • FA15 (Fractal aggregates with a fractal dimension of 1.5)
  • FA13 (Fractal aggregates with a fractal dimension of 1.3)
  • FA11 (Fractal aggregates with a fractal dimension of 1.1)
• Appendix C: Python modules
  • aggscatpy package

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

• Search Page