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+#ifndef NSE_EOS_H
+#define NSE_EOS_H
+
+#include <AMReX_REAL.H>
+
+#include <eos.H>
+
+#include <extern_parameters.H>
+#include <nse_table_type.H>
+#include <nse_table.H>
+
+
+using namespace amrex;
+
+
+///
+/// if we are in NSE, then the entire thermodynamic state is just
+/// a function of rho, T, Ye.  We can write the energy as:
+///
+///    e = e(rho, T, Y_e, Abar(rho, T, Ye))
+///
+/// where we note that Abar is a function of those same inputs.
+/// This function inverts this form of the EOS to find the T
+/// that satisfies the EOS and NSE.
+///
+AMREX_GPU_HOST_DEVICE AMREX_INLINE
+Real
+nse_T_from_e(const Real rho, const Real e_in, const Real Ye, const Real T_guess) {
+
+    using namespace AuxZero;
+
+    const Real ttol{1.e-8_rt};
+    const int max_iter{100};
+    const Real eps{1.e-8_rt};
+
+    // we need the full EOS type, since we need de/dA
+    //eos_extra_t eos_state;
+
+    bool converged{false};
+
+    Real T{T_guess};
+    int iter{};
+
+    while (not converged && iter < max_iter) {
+
+        // call NSE table to get Abar
+        nse_table_t nse_state;
+        nse_state.T = T;
+        nse_state.rho = rho;
+        nse_state.Ye = Ye;
+
+        constexpr bool skip_X_fill{true};
+        nse_interp(nse_state, skip_X_fill);
+        Real abar_old = nse_state.abar;
+
+        // call the EOS with the initial guess for T
+
+        eos_state.rho = rho;
+        eos_state.T = T;
+        eos_state.aux[iye] = Ye;
+        eos_state.aux[iabar] = abar_old;
+        eos(eos_input_rt, eos_state);
+
+        // f is the quantity we want to zero
+
+        Real f = eos_state.e - e_in;
+
+        // perturb T and call NSE again to get perturbed Abar
+        nse_state.T *= (1.0_rt + eps);
+        nse_interp(nse_state,skip_X_fill);
+
+        // estimate dAbar/dT
+        Real dabar_dT = (nse_state.abar - abar_old) / (eps * T);
+
+        // compute the correction to our guess
+        Real dT = f / (eos_state.dedT + eos_state.dedA * dabar_dT);
+
+        // update the temperature
+        T = std::clamp(T + dT, 0.5 * T, 2.0 * T);
+
+        // check convergence
+
+        if (std::abs(dT) < ttol * T) {
+            converged = true;
+        }
+        iter++;
+    }
+
+    return T;
+
+}
+
+#endif