 Electron--proton thermal equilibration time (source code)

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= Electron--proton thermal equilibration time
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The electron--proton thermal equilibration time is the timescale on which Coulomb collisions exchange energy between electron and proton populations. Its inverse dependence on number density helps make dilute accretion flows two-temperature and radiatively inefficient.

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