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            cabs: Compton scattering, optically thin, non-relativistic.

Non-relativistic, optically-thin Compton scattering.

M(E) = exp(-n_H*sigma_T(E))

where

sigma_T(E) is the Thomson cross-section.

par1=n_H

hydrogen column (in units of 1022 atoms cm–2)