tardis.plasma.equilibrium.rates.collisional_ionization_rates module¶

class tardis.plasma.equilibrium.rates.collisional_ionization_rates.CollisionalIonizationRateSolver(photoionization_cross_sections)[source]¶

Solver for collisional ionization and recombination rates.

solve(electron_temperature, saha_factor, approximation='seaton')[source]¶

Solve the collisional ionization and recombination rates.

Parameters:

electron_temperatureu.Quantity: Electron temperatures per cell
saha_factorpandas.DataFrame, dtype float: The Saha factor for each cell. Indexed by atom number, ion number, level number.
approximationstr, optional: The rate approximation to use, by default “seaton”

Returns:

Raises: