pynucastro.screening package

Screening routines

Submodules

pynucastro.screening.screen module

Python implementations of screening routines.

class pynucastro.screening.screen.PlasmaState(*args, **kwargs)

Bases: PlasmaState

Stores precomputed values that are reused for all screening correction factor calculations.

Variables:

• temp – temperature in K

• dens – density in g/cm^3

• abar – average atomic mass

• zbar – average ion charge

• z2bar – average (ion charge)^2

• n_e – electron number density

• gamma_e_fac – temperature-independent part of Gamma_e

class_type = jitclass.PlasmaState#7fb5e38c7210<temp:float64,dens:float64,abar:float64,zbar:float64,z2bar:float64,n_e:float64,gamma_e_fac:float64>

class pynucastro.screening.screen.ScreenFactors(*args, **kwargs)

Bases: ScreenFactors

Stores values that will be used to calculate the screening correction factor for a specific pair of nuclei.

Variables:

• z1 – atomic number of first nucleus

• z2 – atomic number of second nucleus

• a1 – atomic mass of first nucleus

• a2 – atomic mass of second nucleus

• aznut – combination of a1, z1, a2, z2 raised to 1/3 power

• ztilde – effective ion radius factor for a MCP

class_type = jitclass.ScreenFactors#7fb5e36915d0<z1:int64,z2:int64,a1:int64,a2:int64,aznut:float64,ztilde:float64>

pynucastro.screening.screen.chugunov_2007(state, scn_fac)

Calculates screening factors based on Chugunov et al. [2007].

Follows the approach in Yakovlev et al. [2006] to extend to a multi-component plasma.

Parameters:

• state (PlasmaState) – the precomputed plasma state factors

• scn_fac (ScreenFactors) – the precomputed ion pair factors

Returns:

screening correction factor

pynucastro.screening.screen.chugunov_2009(state, scn_fac)

Calculates screening factors based on Chugunov and DeWitt [2009].

Parameters:

• state (PlasmaState) – the precomputed plasma state factors

• scn_fac (ScreenFactors) – the precomputed ion pair factors

Returns:

screening correction factor

pynucastro.screening.screen.make_plasma_state(temp, dens, molar_fractions)

Construct a PlasmaState object from simulation data.

Parameters:

• temp – temperature in K

• dens – density in g/cm^3

• molar_fractions – dictionary of molar abundances for each ion, as returned by Composition.get_molar()

pynucastro.screening.screen.make_screen_factors(n1, n2)

Construct a ScreenFactors object from a pair of nuclei.

Parameters:

• n1 (Nucleus) – first nucleus

• n2 (Nucleus) – second nucleus

pynucastro.screening.screen.potekhin_1998(state, scn_fac)

Calculates screening factors based on Chabrier and Potekhin [1998].

Parameters:

• state (PlasmaState) – the precomputed plasma state factors

• scn_fac (ScreenFactors) – the precomputed ion pair factors

Returns:

screening correction factor

pynucastro.screening.screening_util module

Some helper functions for determining which rates need screening

class pynucastro.screening.screening_util.ScreeningPair(name, nuc1, nuc2, rate=None)

Bases: object

a pair of nuclei that will have rate screening applied. We store a list of all rates that match this pair of nuclei

add_rate(rate)

pynucastro.screening.screening_util.get_screening_map(rates, *, symmetric_screening=False)

a screening map is just a list of ScreeningPar objects containing the information about nuclei pairs for screening If symmetric_screening=True, then for reverse rates, we screen using the forward rate nuclei (assuming that we got here via detailed balance).