darkhistory.low_energy.lowE_electrons

Deposition of energy from low-energy electrons

As detailed in section III.F.2 of the paper, low-energy electrons (sub-3keV electrons) deposit their energy into the IGM through hydrogen/helium ionization, hydrogen excitation, heat, and continuum photons. To calculate how much energy is deposited into each channel we use the MEDEA results [1]_ as described in the paragraph before Eq. (45) of the paper.

Functions

compute_fs(MEDEA_interp, spec_elec, xe, ...)	Given an electron energy spectrum, calculate how much of that energy splits into continuum photons, lyman_alpha transitions, H ionization, He ionization, and heating of the IGM.
make_interpolator([interp_type, cross_check])	Creates cubic splines that interpolate the Medea Data.