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+++ b/fg21sim/configs/20-extragalactic.conf.spec
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@
# Unit: [Gyr]
tau_merger = float(default=3.0, min=1.0, max=5.0)
- # The fraction that a cluster hosts a radio halo
- halo_fraction = float(default=None, min=0.0, max=1.0)
# Magnetic field scaling relation for clusters
# Reference: Cassano et al. 2012, A&A, 548, A100, Eq.(1)
#
@@ -66,42 +64,30 @@
# Emission of giant radio halos from galaxy clusters
[[halos]]
- # Maximum redshift until where to tracing the cluster merging history
- # (e.g., when calculating the electron spectrum)
- zmax = float(default=3.0, min=0.0)
- # Redshift bin size for, e.g., calculating acceleration coefficients
- zbinsize = float(default=0.01, min=0.0, max=0.1)
+ # Fraction of the turbulence energy in the form of magneto-sonic waves,
+ # which will channel into relativistic electrons.
+ eta_turb = float(default=0.3, min=0.0, max=1.0)
- # Mass threshold of the sub-cluster to be regarded as a significant
- # merger. (unit: Msun)
- merger_mass_th = float(default=1e13, min=1e12)
-
- # Radius of the giant radio halo in clusters (unit: kpc)
- # XXX: currently only support a constant radius of halos
- radius = float(default=500.0, min=100.0)
-
- # Fraction of the turbulence energy in the form of magneto-sonic waves.
- eta_t = float(default=0.3, min=0.0, max=1.0)
-
- # Ratio of the total energy injected in cosmic-ray electrons during the
- # cluster life to the present-day total thermal energy of the cluster.
+ # Ratio of the total energy injected into cosmic-ray electrons during
+ # the cluster life to its total thermal energy.
eta_e = float(default=0.003, min=0.0, max=0.1)
# Minimum and maximum Lorentz factor (i.e., energy) of the relativistic
# electron spectrum.
- pmin = float(default=1e1)
- pmax = float(default=1e5)
-
- # Number of points for the grid used during solving the Fokker-Planck
- # equation to calculate the electron spectrum.
- pgrid_num = integer(default=100, min=10)
+ gamma_min = float(default=1e1)
+ gamma_max = float(default=1e5)
+ # Number of momentum points/cells for solving the Fokker-Planck
+ # equation.
+ gamma_np = integer(default=200, min=50)
# Number of grid points used as the buffer region near the lower
# boundary, and the value within this buffer region will be fixed to
# avoid unphysical pile-up of low-energy electrons.
+ # Reference: Donnert & Brunetti 2014, MNRAS, 443, 3564, Sec.(3.3)
buffer_np = integer(default=5, min=0)
- # Time step for solving the Fokker-Planck equation (unit: Gyr)
+ # Time step for solving the Fokker-Planck equation
+ # Unit: [Gyr]
time_step = float(default=0.01, min=1e-5, max=1.0)
# Index of the power-law spectrum assumed for the injected electrons.