Radiation Pressure Testing

Comparisons of force from radiation pressure and magnitude of gradient of thermal pressure, and magnitude of gradient of ram pressure (not actually a force, doesn't seem useful for comparison):

http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~adebrech/PlanetIonization/RadPressTest/visit0000.png

Comparisons of ambient pressures in frame 150 and frame 151. Here is where the problem lies - ambient pressure is increasing due to OUTFLOW_WIND boundary conditions being set in a different way than before. This disrupts the steady state and masks the effect of radiation pressure on the stellar side of the wind.

http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~adebrech/PlanetIonization/RadPressTest/visit0001.png

Neutral fraction, temperature, density, and , which is dependent on these. At edge of wind, between ~4 and 5, the temperature drops and the neutral fraction increases enough that most of the Lyman-alpha radiation is absorbed near the edge.

http://www.pas.rochester.edu/~adebrech/PlanetIonization/RadPressTest/visit0002.png

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