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cnb_imf.pro
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Astrophysics
result = cnb_imf(mass [, noturnover=noturnover] [, random=random] [, muench=muench] [, malpha0=malpha0])
This function both evaluates the IMF at given mass, and returns masses drawn at random from the IMF. The functional form of the IMF is given by dN/dM ~ M^-alpha, where alpha = 0 for 0 < M / Msolar < .07 (Allen et al 2005) = 1.05 for .07 < M / Msolar < .5 (Kroupa et al 2002 ASPC..285...86K) = 2.35 for .5 < M / Msolar (Ibid)
Return value
If mass is set, it returns a vector of imf(mass). If random is set, it returns a vector of masses drawn from the IMF distribution.
Parameters
- mass in required
A set of masses at which to evaluate the IMF. Given in solar masses. If provided, the program returns imf(masses) as a scalar or vector. This function is not normalized
Keywords
- noturnover in optional
If set, treat the full IMF as having alpha = 2.35. This cannot be used in conjunction with the RANDOM keyword
- random in optional
Set this to a number (nstars) to draw nstars from the IMF mass distribution. If this keyword is set, then the function returns the masses of the nstars drawn from the distribution.
- muench in optional
Use the first three terms of the power law imf given in equation 1 of Muench et al. 2002 (ApJ 573)
- malpha0 in optional
Manually specify the high mass value for alpha.
Author information
- History:
April 2009: Written by Chris Beaumont May 2009: Added RANDOM keyword. cnb. June 2009: Added MUENCH keyword. cnb.
File attributes
| Modifcation date: | Mon Oct 25 14:50:15 2010 |
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