darkhistory.history.reionization.brem_cooling_rate

darkhistory.history.reionization.brem_cooling_rate(xHII, xHeII, xHeIII, T_m, rs)

Bremsstrahlung cooling rate.

Parameters:

xHIIfloat

n_HII/n_H.

xHeIIfloat

n_HeII/n_H.

xHeIIIfloat

n_HeIII/n_H.

T_mfloat

Matter temperature in eV.

rsfloat

Redshift (1+z).

Returns:

float

Bremsstrahlung cooling rate in eV s^-1. See astro-ph/0607331.