COSMIC-PAH / photoelectric-heating

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11 11 **radiation_fields.py** :
12 12 *Description* :
13 13 This program calculates the scaling factor of the radiation field G0 relative
14   -to the data of an object or a set of objects radiating for given distances
  14 +to the spectrum of an object or a set of objects radiating for given distances
15 15 A file containing my G0 values with the associated distance will then be created
16 16  
17 17 *Input parameters* :
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35 35  
36 36 **three_levels_model.py** :
37 37 *Description* :
38   -This program seeks to calculate how a neutral gas subjected to a radiation field
39   -is heated, involving PAHs in the ionization of the gas. The expressions used are based on the model with 3 energy levels of the molecule, going from the neutral molecule (charge state Z=0) to the dication (charge state Z=2) by ionization.
  38 +This main program computes the photoelectric heating rate and efficiency by PAHs. The expressions used are based on the model with 4 charge states of the molecule, going from the anion molecule (charge state Z=-1) to the dication (charge state Z=2) by ionization.
40 39  
41 40 *Input parameters* :
42 41 filename : str,
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56 55 ISRF : bool,
57 56 Interstellar Radiation Field; if true, then the filename is a file for ISRF
58 57 if false, the radiation field of a star is studied (default: False)
59   -
60   -**four_levels_model.py** :
61   -*Description* :
62   -This program does the same thing and has the same parameters as the program three_levels_model.py, the difference being that we add expressions related to the 4 energy levels model. This model consists in taking into account the anions, i.e. the PAHs in a charge state Z = -1.
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  59 + This program uses radiations_fields.py.
63 60  
64   -These last two programs use the parameters returned by radiations_fields.py in its calculations
65 61  
66 62 ## Useful files
67 63  
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