diff --git a/Docs/source/screening.rst b/Docs/source/screening.rst index dba3ec7b6..e09b819b7 100644 --- a/Docs/source/screening.rst +++ b/Docs/source/screening.rst @@ -94,6 +94,20 @@ The options are: weak screening regime, :math:`\Gamma < 0.1`, and strong screening regime, :math:`1 \lesssim \Gamma \lesssim 160`. +* ``debye_huckel`` : + + This is just the Debye-Hückel weak-screening limit from + :cite:`chugunov:2009`. + + While it can be used on its own (by building with + ``SCREEN_METHOD=debye_huckel``, it is really meant to be used as a + test to determine whether a more extensive screening approximation + should be used. By setting ``screening.enable_debye_huckel_skip``, + we first compute this weak-screening approximation and then, if it + is larger than ``screening.debye_huckel_skip_threshold``, the full + screening factor is computed (using the method specified via + ``SCREEN_METHOD``). + * ``null`` : This disables screening by always returning 1 for the screening