A Monte Carlo Code for Relativistic Radiation Transport Around Kerr Black Holes

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We present a new code for radiation transport around Kerr black holes, including arbitrary emission and absorption terms, as well as electron scattering and polarization.

• The code is particularly useful for analyzing accretion flows made up of optically thick disks and optically thin coronae.
• We give a detailed description of the methods employed in the code, and also present results from a number of numerical tests to assess its accuracy and convergence.