RAPOC: The Rosseland and Planck opacity converter A user-friendly and fast opacity program for Python

RAPOC (Rosseland and Planck Opacity Converter) is a Python 3 code that calculates Rosseland and Planck mean opacities (RPMs) from wavelength-dependent opacities for a given temperature, pressure, and wavelength range. In addition to being user-friendly and rapid, RAPOC can interpolate between discre...

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Published in:Experimental astronomy Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 521 - 539
Main Authors: Mugnai, Lorenzo V., Modirrousta-Galian, Darius
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.04.2023
Subjects:
Astronomy
Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Computer Science
Observations and Techniques
Original Article
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Statistics for Engineering
Visible
Atmospheres
Opacity
Infrared
Exoplanets
ISSN:0922-6435, 1572-9508
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Summary:RAPOC (Rosseland and Planck Opacity Converter) is a Python 3 code that calculates Rosseland and Planck mean opacities (RPMs) from wavelength-dependent opacities for a given temperature, pressure, and wavelength range. In addition to being user-friendly and rapid, RAPOC can interpolate between discrete data points, making it flexible and widely applicable to the astrophysical and Earth-sciences fields, as well as in engineering. RAPOC uses ExoMol , DACE , or any user defined input data, provided that it is in a readable format. In this paper, we present the RAPOC code and compare its calculated Rosseland and Planck mean opacities with other values in the literature. RAPOC is open-source and available on Pypi and GitHub.
ISSN:0922-6435
1572-9508
DOI:10.1007/s10686-022-09869-2