MAPPINGS III
Modelling And Prediction in PhotoIonised Nebulae and Gasdynamical Shocks

MAPPINGS III is a general purpose astrophysical plasma modelling code. It is principally intended to predict emission line spectra of medium and low density plasmas subjected to different levels of photionisation and ionization by shockwaves. MAPPINGS III tracks up to 16 atomic species in all stages of ionization, over a useful range of 102 to 108 K. It treats spherical and plane parallel geometries in equilibrium and time-dependent models.

MAPPINGS III was developed by Ralph Sutherland, Mike Dopita and Luc Binette, and has been improved and altered by myself during my thesis. MAPPINGS III does not supercede the version of MAPPINGS being developed and maintained by Luc Binette. The two codes are complementary and each has different strong points. MAPPINGS III handles higher temperatures (and hence faster shock models) while MAPPINGS handles high densities and Lyman alpha transfer in more detail.

MAPPINGS III is useful for computing models of HI and HII regions, planetary nebulae, novae, supernova remnants, Herbig-Haro shocks, active galaxies, the intergalactic medium and the interstellar medium in general. The present version of MAPPINGS III is a large FORTRAN program that runs with a simple TTY interface for historical and portability reasons. It is freely available to the general scientific community and will compine on UNIX, LINUX and Mac OS X.

A web based form now exists for ease of use for a limited range of models, maintained by Lisa Kewley. Likewise a large range of preexisting models exist on the emission from AGN narrow line regions, starforming regions and shocks for simple grid comparison.

I am currently trying to set up a Users list for mappings, so users can be informed when mappings is updated or small bug fixes are made. If you wish to be on this list, then for the moment, just email me and I'll add you to my current list. Otherwise, check the version_changes file for the latest updates and bug-fixes.


MAPPINGS III Files

Last modified: Wed Oct 21 2009