J/A+A/573/A56 SHAPEMOL code (Santander-Garcia+, 2015)
SHAPEMOL: a 3D code for calculating molecular line emission in planetary and
protoplanetary nebulae. Detailed model-fitting of the complex nebula NGC 6302.
Santander-Garcia M., Bujarrabal V., Koning N., Steffen W.
<Astron. Astrophys. 573, A56 (2015)>
=2015A&A...573A..56S 2015A&A...573A..56S
ADC_Keywords: Models ; Planetary nebulae
Keywords: molecular data - radiative transfer - ISM: kinematics and dynamics -
planetary nebulae: general
Abstract:
Modern instrumentation in radioastronomy constitutes a valuable tool
for studying the Universe: ALMA has reached unprecedented
sensitivities and spatial resolution, while Herschel/HIFI has opened a
new window (most of the sub-mm and far-infrared ranges are only
accessible from space) for probing molecular warm gas (∼50-1000K).
On the other hand, the software SHAPE has emerged in the past few
years as a standard tool for determining the morphology and velocity
field of different kinds of gaseous emission nebulae via
spatio-kinematical modelling. Standard SHAPE implements radiative
transfer solving, but it is only available for atomic species and not
for molecules.
Being aware of the growing importance of the development of tools for
simplifying the analyses of molecular data from new-era observatories,
we introduce the computer code SHAPEMOL, a complement to SHAPE, with
which we intend to fill the so-far under-developed molecular niche.
Description:
SHAPEMOL enables user-friendly, spatio-kinematic modelling with
accurate non-LTE calculations of excitation and radiative transfer in
CO lines. Currently, it allows radiative transfer solving in the
12CO and 13CO J=1-0 to J=17-16 lines, but its implementation
permits easily extending the code to different transitions and other
molecular species, either by the code developers or by the user. Used
along SHAPE, SHAPEMOL allows easily generating synthetic maps to test
against interferometric observations, as well as synthetic line
profiles to match single-dish observations.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
CO_tables.zip 512 240251 Compressed directory containing the tables
needed to work with SHAPEMOL (in a subdirectory
"tables")
installers/* . 5 Latest SHAPE installers for Unix (32 and 64 bit),
Windows (32 and 64 bit) and Mac OS
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Acknowledgements:
Miguel Santander-Garcia, m.santander(at)oan.es
(End) Patricia Vannier [CDS] 19-Nov-2014