Public Member Functions
__host__	PhotoelectricHeatingModel (ParameterMap &pmap)

bool	is_active () const

__device__ Real	operator() (Real n, Real T) const
	computes the heating rate per unit volume, erg /s / cm^3.

Static Public Member Functions
static __host__ bool	is_specified_by_params (ParameterMap &pmap)

Detailed Description

Encapsulates our model and configuration for photoelectric heating

This implements a very simple model

we apply uniform photoelectric heating (over all space and time) to all gas at temperatures below 1e4 K
this model is described within Kim & Ostriker 2015

Note

In the future, one could imagine implementing a more sophisticated model like TIGRESS

For example the amount of heating could be coupled with the properties of clusters within the simulation volume
If we started to model varying mmw, we could also adopt the TIGRESS strategy to more smoothly turn off heating at higher temperatures

Member Function Documentation

__device__ Real cool_component::PhotoelectricHeatingModel::operator()	(	Real	n,
		Real	T
	)		const

inline

computes the heating rate per unit volume, erg /s / cm^3.

This NEVER returns a negative value.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file: