Accretion Module

Used in the flavours of pebble and gas accretion. Calculates the accretion rates.

Important Functions

calc_m_dot()

is called by the planet at each timestep to update the recalculate the accretion rates. This method is overloaded by the child classes (pebbles, gas).

_init_params()

is called by init_accretion() which is called at the final step during the planets initialisation. This function is especially useful to communicate parameter between the modules (see e.g. PebbleAccretion).

remove_mass_from_flux()

is called at the final stage of the timestep. The removal of mass from the disk should be handled in this method.

Important Attributes

attribute	format	meaning
`m_dot`	float	total sum of the accretion rate
`m_dot_a`	float	accretion rate onto the atmosphere
`m_dot_c`	float	accretion rate onto the core
`m_dot_a_chem`	2xM	accretion rate onto the atmosphere disaggregated into the chemical compositon
`m_dot_c_chem`	2xM	accretion rate onto the core disaggregated into the chemical compositon

where M is the number ob molecules in Chemistry.