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