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  "date_created": "2026-03-02T18:01:21.791000Z",
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    "abstract": "Comptonization is the process in which photon spectrum changes due to\nmultiple Compton scatterings in the electronic plasma. It plays an important\nrole in the spectral formation of astrophysical X-ray and gamma-ray sources.\nThere are several intrinsic limitations for the analytical method in dealing\nwith the Comptonization problem and Monte Carlo simulation is one of the few\nalternatives. We describe an efficient Monte Carlo method that can solve the\nComptonization problem in a fully relativistic way. We expanded the method so\nthat it is capable of simulating Comptonization in the media where electron\ndensity and temperature varies discontinuously from one region to the other and\nin the isothermal media where density varies continuously along photon paths.\nThe algorithms are presented in detail to facilitate computer code\nimplementation. We also present a few examples of its application to the\nastrophysical research.",
    "arxiv_id": "physics/9709023",
    "authors": [
      "Xin-Min Hua"
    ],
    "categories": [
      "physics.comp-ph"
    ],
    "doi": "10.1063/1.168615",
    "title": "Monte Carlo Simulation of Comptonization in Inhomogeneous Media",
    "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9709023"
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