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Use total Pesc for iso-seq lines

Chatzikos, Marios requested to merge xIntensity_Pesc into master

The code in rt_diffuse.cpp sets xIntensity of iso-sequence lines using the escape probability, Pesc, but ignoring electron scattering. All other instances of the same operation in the code account for the latter as they use Pesc_total instead.

This is an oversight that may affect line intensities from high-Z ions in high temperature plasmas.

Use Pesc_total for the iso-seq lines. Treatment is now uniform across all code.

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