AMReX-Astro / AMReX-Astro/Microphysics
screening does not appear to be capped
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Description
At low T, we can get really large screening factors (~ 1.e100 or so) -- these might not matter because the rates themselves are very small, but I wonder if we should have a cap on how large the screening factor can be?
Maybe the new screening routines do a better job?
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Review the existing screening routines and the newer screening routines mentioned in the issue, focusing on low-temperature cases that produce factors around 1.e100. Determine whether a cap is needed and define the expected behavior before identifying the relevant tests or validation cases.
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- cpp
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- backend
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