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