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Ionizing photon escape fraction (fesc​)

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Astrophysics Galaxy Milky Way Interstellar medium H II region Hydrogen-ionizing photon production rate
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The ionizing photon escape fraction is the fraction of photons capable of photoionization that leave their source environment. Only these escaping photons contribute to ionizing distant intergalactic medium. Its value can depend on frequency, source geometry, and time.

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