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non-LTE radiation solve #505

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BenWibking opened this issue Jan 25, 2024 · 0 comments
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non-LTE radiation solve #505

BenWibking opened this issue Jan 25, 2024 · 0 comments
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For many applications, the radiation emissivity is not a Planck function (i.e., non-LTE).

Often, this also requires solving the level populations of atomic or molecular states to compute the group-averaged opacities. For instance, this is the case for photoionization in HII regions. In this case, the chemistry network should be solved simultaneously with the radiation-matter exchange.

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The radiation-matter exchange currently assumes i) the emissivity is a Planck function, and ii) the opacities are a function only of temperature and density. The chemistry network currently operates independently from the radiation solve.

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