From ac43800c9d51d83eb1b0ee9676692d281d4a7b83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Zingale Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:58:05 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] fix some NSE documentation --- sphinx_docs/source/nse.rst | 21 +++++---------------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/sphinx_docs/source/nse.rst b/sphinx_docs/source/nse.rst index 67b646b1f4..f6c7460db8 100644 --- a/sphinx_docs/source/nse.rst +++ b/sphinx_docs/source/nse.rst @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ The basic flow of a simulation using ``aprox19`` + the NSE table is as follows: * use :math:`\rho`, :math:`T`, and :math:`Y_e` to call the table. This returns: :math:`dY_e/dt`, :math:`(B/A)_{\rm out}`, and :math:`\bar{A}_{\rm out}`. - * update :math:`Y_e` [#fY]_ : + * update :math:`Y_e` : .. math:: @@ -188,13 +188,13 @@ The composition check considers the following nuclei groups: and we then say that a composition supports NSE if: -* :math:`X(C_group)` < ``C_nse`` +* :math:`X(C_\mathrm{group})` < ``C_nse`` -* :math:`X(O_group)` < ``O_nse`` +* :math:`X(O_\mathrm{group})` < ``O_nse`` -* :math:`X(Si_group)` < ``Si_nse`` +* :math:`X(Si_\mathrm{group})` < ``Si_nse`` -* :math:`X(Fe_group) + X(He_group)` > ``He_Fe_nse`` +* :math:`X(Fe_\mathrm{group}) + X(He_\mathrm{group})` > ``He_Fe_nse`` @@ -441,14 +441,3 @@ to the self-consistent nse check: the subsequent NSE checks. This is mainly to avoid unnecessary computations of computing the NSE mass fractions when the current temperature is too low. This is set to 4.0e9 by default. - - -.. rubric:: Footnotes - -.. [#fY] The table actually provides the weak rate, which is the sum - of all electron capture and positron decay rates times the - appropriate abundances minus a similar rate for the beta decay and - positron capture, [wrate] = [rectot] + [rpdtot] - [redtot] - [rpctot] - - So if electron capture dominates, then [wrate] is positive and this should - be subtracted from :math:`Y_e`.