CGM Cooling Physics - galacticusorg/galacticus GitHub Wiki

Below is a flowchart indicating the ingredients of Galacticus CGM cooling model. (Galacticus is highly modular - many different ingredients can be included and excluded - this is intended just as a typical example.)

flowchart LR
   Galaxy
   Cold[<a href='https://github.com/galacticusorg/galacticus/releases/download/bleeding-edge/Galacticus_Physics.pdf#physics.coldModeInfallRate' style='text-decoration: none'>Cold Mode Inflow</a>]
   Lambda[<a href='https://github.com/galacticusorg/galacticus/releases/download/bleeding-edge/Galacticus_Physics.pdf#physics.coolingFunction' style='text-decoration: none'>Cooling Function</a>]
   Radius[<a href='https://github.com/galacticusorg/galacticus/releases/download/bleeding-edge/Galacticus_Physics.pdf#physics.coolingRadius' style='text-decoration: none'>Cooling Radius</a>]
   Rate[<a href='https://github.com/galacticusorg/galacticus/releases/download/bleeding-edge/Galacticus_Physics.pdf#physics.coolingRate' style='text-decoration: none'>Cooling Rate</a>]
   Time[<a href='https://github.com/galacticusorg/galacticus/releases/download/bleeding-edge/Galacticus_Physics.pdf#physics.coolingTime' style='text-decoration: none'>Cooling Time</a>]
   RadiusFreefall[<a href='https://github.com/galacticusorg/galacticus/releases/download/bleeding-edge/Galacticus_Physics.pdf#physics.freefallRadius' style='text-decoration: none'>Freefall Radius</a>]
   Available[<a href='https://github.com/galacticusorg/galacticus/releases/download/bleeding-edge/Galacticus_Physics.pdf#physics.coolingTimeAvailable' style='text-decoration: none'>Time Available Cooling]
   AvailableFreefall[<a href='https://github.com/galacticusorg/galacticus/releases/download/bleeding-edge/Galacticus_Physics.pdf#physics.freefallTimeAvailable' style='text-decoration: none'>Time Available Freefall]
   Infall[<a href='https://github.com/galacticusorg/galacticus/releases/download/bleeding-edge/Galacticus_Physics.pdf#physics.coolingInfallRadius' style='text-decoration: none'>Infall Radius</a>]
   Angular[<a href='https://github.com/galacticusorg/galacticus/releases/download/bleeding-edge/Galacticus_Physics.pdf#physics.coolingSpecificAngularMomentum' style='text-decoration: none'>Angular Momentum Content</a>]
   Lambda --> Time
   Time --> Radius
   Available --> Radius
   Radius --> Infall
   AvailableFreefall --> RadiusFreefall
   RadiusFreefall --> Infall
   Infall --> Rate
   Rate --> Galaxy
   Cold --> Galaxy
   Angular --> Galaxy