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Opacity table

In order to assemble the opacity table, we take into account either only dust opacity data for low temperatures, $T < 1\,500$ K, or only gas opacity data for higher temperatures. As has been shown by many authors (e.g., Lenzuni, Gail, & Henning [1995]), it is an accurate approach because dust dominates the absorbing properties of matter whenever it presents. However, for the dust-to-gas transitional region ($T$ from $\sim
1\,400$ K to $1\,600$ K), where the last dust grain population evaporates, it is necessary to calculate the opacity of dust and gas simultaneously. In this narrow temperature range the resulting Rosseland and Planck mean opacities are certainly going down by few orders of magnitude, so one can apply a simple linear interpolation to estimate their values with a good accuracy. Still, we note that our table may give not very reliable opacity data for that temperature range.



Dimitri Semenov 2003-03-10