Star Formation Physics - galacticusorg/galacticus GitHub Wiki

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

flowchart LR
   Disk[<a href='https://github.com/galacticusorg/galacticus/releases/download/bleeding-edge/Galacticus_Physics.pdf#physics.starFormationRateDisks' style='text-decoration: none'>Disk SFR</a>]
   Spheroid[<a href='https://github.com/galacticusorg/galacticus/releases/download/bleeding-edge/Galacticus_Physics.pdf#physics.starFormationRateSpheroids' style='text-decoration: none'>Spheroid SFR</a>]
   SFR["SFR: ψ⭑"](/galacticusorg/galacticus/wiki/"SFR:-ψ⭑")
   Timescale[<a href='https://github.com/galacticusorg/galacticus/releases/download/bleeding-edge/Galacticus_Physics.pdf#physics.starFormationTimescale' style='text-decoration: none'>Timescale</a>]
   Surface["<a href='https://github.com/galacticusorg/galacticus/releases/download/bleeding-edge/Galacticus_Physics.pdf#physics.starFormationRateSurfaceDensityDisks' style='text-decoration: none'>SFR surface density: Σ⭑</a>"]
   SFR --> Disk
   SFR --> Spheroid
   Timescale -.-> SFR
   Surface -.-> SFR