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COSMIC v4.1.0
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COSMIC v4.1.0
  • About
  • Installation
  • Configuration and output
    • Configuration files
    • Understanding COSMIC outputs
    • Impact of settings on evolution
      • pisn
      • LBV_flag
  • 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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Miscellaneous¶

And finally, here’s everything else that didn’t fit into the other categories!

  • Multiprocessing in COSMIC
    • How many cores should you use?
    • Parallelising the independent sampler
    • Parallelising evolution
    • Wrapping up
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