Clearly documenting "radiation redshift" when comoving_coordinates == 0
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comoving_coordinates == 0
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In Grackle, the redshift (specified as
a_value
) plays 2 distinct roles:primordial_chemistry > 0
, the reaction rates are impacted. Forprimordial_chemistry == 0
, both the tabulated heating/cooling rates and tabulated temperature calculations are impacted.comoving_coordinates == 1
, it’s used to parameterize the conversion factor between a simulation's internal code-units and cgs-units changes over cosmic time.The narrative documentation is currently not very clear about whether Grackle supports modifying
a_value
whencomoving_coordinates == 0
after Grackle is initialized. This is important since Grackle’s comoving-unit-support is not currently compatible with most comoving coordinate systems.In fact, I had assumed that Grackle didn't support changing the
a_value
. But, after looking at the code-base, I now think it does. I think we should:The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: