mass_min_max_select

cosmic.utils.mass_min_max_select(kstar_1, kstar_2, **kwargs)

Select a minimum and maximum mass to filter out binaries in the initial parameter sample to reduce the number of unneccessary binaries evolved in BSE

Parameters:

kstar_1int, list

BSE stellar type for the primary or minimum and maximum stellar types for the primary

kstar_2int, list

BSE stellar type for the secondary or minimum and maximum stellar types for the secondary

Returns:

min_mass[0]float

minimum primary mass for initial sample

max_mass[0]float

maximum primary mass for initial sample

min_mass[1]float

minimum secondary mass for initial sample

max_mass[1]float

maximum secondary mass for initial sample