title test aperture beam command with luminosity c c commands controlling continuum ========= laser 2 q(h) 31.5 c c commands for density & abundances ========= hden 0 init file "honly.ini" c c commands controlling geometry ========= stop thickness 1e10 linear cm radius 9 sphere aperture beam c c other commands for details ========= constant temper 4 c c commands controlling output ========= save overview "aperture_beam_lum.ovr" save performance "aperture_beam_lum.per" save monitors "aperture_beam_lum.asr" c c commands giving the monitors ========= // this is 2 times 1e10 (the thickness) divided by the 1e10 that // was entered in the unit line monitor line intensity "unit" 1 0.30103 c aperture_beam_lum.in c class geometry c ======================================== This is a homogeneous sphere that is especially simple. The model is a test of the aperture command, a command that simulates observing part of an extended object. In this case the aperture is a beam contered on the center of the nebula, with a line of sight extending through the object. The code carries along a dummy emission line ("Unit 1") with a constant intensity of 1e-10 erg cm-3 s-1. The line goes through all of the code's infrastructure, and when the calculation is complete, the program confirms that the "luminosity" of the line is the emitting volume times 1e-10. The aperture command is verified by asserting that this emission line has the correct "luminosity".