DustyGlow - Absorption (Attenuation) and Reemission of Dust Particles

Authors: Jean Gomes, Catarina Lobo
Student: André Pinheiro

Contact:

• Jean Gomes: antineutrinomuon@gmail.com, jean@astro.up.pt

last stable version: 0.0.1

About

DustyGlow is a software program designed for absorption (ATTENUATION) and reemission analysis. This README file provides essential information about the project.

Contributors

• Jean Gomes (Software Developer, Advisor): Jean is primarily responsible for the software development and implementation of DustyGlow. He provided guidance and served as an advisor throughout the project.

• Catarina Lobo (Co-Advisor): Catarina provided valuable assistance during the project. She also help guided in the selection of the sample. She co-advised the project, offering insights and expertise.

• André Pinheiro (MSc Student): André contributed to the project as a Master's student. He actively participated in the research and test of the code DustyGlow.

Barnard 68 is a molecular cloud, dark absorption nebula or Bok globule.

	LOGS
19/12/2022	J.G. changed nomenclature from Remission to Reemission. All directories and routines were affected
18/11/2022	A.P. added photometric and output directories to PyDust
24/10/2022	J.G. added new format for LOGs added. Verification and change of directory structure
16/10/2021	J.G. uploaded the routines concerning absorption in the UV/Optical. Try to plot them as a function of wavelength from 91 to 15000 Angstroms to see the different behavior of extinction laws.
15/01/2022	J.G. uploaded correction for the reddening laws. We can use as well to compare the extinction package, but it is limited to a few extinction laws. J.G. added a directory called Literature. Please feel free to include papers of interest.
14/01/2022	J.G. uploaded the recorded video from our joint meeting on 13/01/2022. The purpose of this meeting was to have a first grasp of the PyDust.py module.
12/01/2022	J.G. uploaded the PyDust module written in Python.
05/06/2023	J.G. modified the PyDust module in order to implement optimisation
25/09/2023	J.G. modified the name PyDust to DustyGlow, since there was during this year a registration of the PyDust package on the PyPI library, which is not related to astronomy.
25/09/2023	J.G. registered the name DustyGlow in the PyPI platform.