FastChem 4: New chemical elements and improved convergence behaviour

arXiv:2605.18264 · astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.SR · Submitted 2026-05-18 · Read on arXiv

Daniel Kitzmann, Joachim W. Stock, A. Beate C. Patzer

astro-ph.EP, astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.SR

Submitted: 2026-05-18

Comments: Submitted to A&A

Code: https://github.com/NewStrangeWorlds/FastChemhttps:

Project page: https://newstrangeworlds.github.io/FastChem

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Abundance — 47× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Robustness — 3× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Core — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Non-linear Coupling — 2× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Benchmark — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Consistency — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes
• James Webb Space Telescope — 1× in this paper
• Metallicity — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

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