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COSMIC v4.1.1
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COSMIC v4.1.1
  • About
  • Installation
  • Configuration and output
    • Configuration files
    • Understanding COSMIC outputs
    • Impact of settings on evolution
      • neta
      • pts1, pts2, and pts3
      • pisn
      • LBV_flag
      • hewind
      • kickflag
      • windflag
  • Tutorials
    • Evolving binaries
      • Evolving a single binary
      • Evolving multiple binaries
      • Evolving a fixed grid of binaries
      • Evolving a Monte-Carlo sampled population
    • Sampling initial populations
      • Independent distributions
      • Multidimensional distributions
      • ClusterMonteCarlo Sampling
    • Converged populations
      • Generate a population the COSMIC way
    • Re-running simulations
      • Re-running binaries
      • Restarting a binary
    • Timesteps and resolution
      • Dynamic time resolution
      • Modifying internal timesteps
    • Output analysis
      • Analysing your simulations
    • Miscellaneous
      • Multiprocessing in COSMIC
  • Full API Reference
    • Evolution (evolve)
      • read_tracks_for_METISSE
      • populate_tracks
      • Evolve
    • Sampling (sample)
      • InitialBinaryTable
      • InitialCMCTable
      • get_independent_sampler
      • Sample
      • get_multidim_sampler
      • MultiDim
      • get_cmc_sampler
      • CMCSample
      • M_enclosed
      • phi_r
      • rho_r
      • virial_radius_analytic
      • find_rmax_vir
      • find_sigma_sqr
      • get_positions
      • get_velocities
      • get_velocities_plummer
      • get_velocities_old
      • scale_pos_and_vel
      • draw_r_vr_vt
      • calc_rho
      • integrate_king_profile
      • virial_radius_numerical
      • find_sigma_sqr
      • get_positions
      • get_velocities
      • scale_pos_and_vel
      • draw_r_vr_vt
    • Output analysis (output)
      • save_initC
      • load_initC
      • COSMICOutput
      • COSMICPopOutput
    • Plotting binaries (plotting)
      • evolve_binary
      • plot_k_type
      • plot_radius
      • plot_mass
      • plot_Teff
      • plot_Mdot
      • plot_P_orb
      • plot_ecc
      • plot_HR_diagram
      • plot_binary_evol
      • evolve_and_plot
    • Utility functions (utils)
      • filter_bin_state
      • conv_select
      • mass_min_max_select
      • idl_tabulate
      • rndm
      • param_transform
      • dat_transform
      • dat_un_transform
      • knuth_bw_selector
      • error_check
      • check_initial_conditions
      • convert_kstar_evol_type
      • parse_inifile
      • pop_write
      • a_from_p
      • p_from_a
      • get_Z_from_FeH
      • get_FeH_from_Z
      • get_binfrac_of_Z
      • get_porb_norm
      • get_met_dep_binfrac
      • get_METISSE_metallicity_files
      • read_metallicity_file
      • read_format_file
      • read_MIST_track
      • read_other_track
      • read_eep_directory
      • to_f2py_str_array
      • explain_setting
  • Citing COSMIC
  • What’s New in COSMIC
  • For Developers
    • Codebase overview
    • Creating new settings
    • Adding options to existing settings
    • Debugging COSMIC
    • cosmic-settings.json file explained
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Impact of settings on evolution¶

This gallery shows examples of how different settings affect the evolution of binaries.

Under construction

This page is still being developed, but will eventually contain examples of how all settings affect the evolution of binaries. For now it’s just a few.

neta

neta

pts1, pts2, and pts3

pts1, pts2, and pts3

pisn

pisn

LBV_flag

LBV_flag

hewind

hewind

kickflag

kickflag

windflag

windflag

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