# Intro
This example is a non cosmological homogeneous box with gas only. The cooling and small perturbations fragment the box into small compact regions that create sink particles. As the sinks accrete gas, they star spawning stars. As the first stars explode in supernovae, the first sink particles cannot accrete gas anymore. The simulations runs 282 Myr until the first stars explode and remove the gas.

The default level is 5 (N_particle = 2^(3*level)). It is quick. If you want to try the example with higher levels, we recommend using HPC facilities.

This example tests the impact of different parameters on the sink formation (e.g. cut_off_radius, density_threshold, ...), accretion and star spawning. It also test the effects of feedback (e.g. supernovae_efficiency) and cooling (equilibrium cooling with grackle_0 mode versus non equilibrium cooling with grackle_X, X = 1, 2 or 3) on the sink particles and star formation.

This example allows you to play with the sink parameters to see how they impact the simulation. You can also change parameters in the feedback, the cooling, etc.

# Configure
To run this example with GEAR model,

'''
./configure --disable-mpi --with-chemistry=GEAR_10 --with-cooling=grackle_0 --with-stars=GEAR --with-star-formation=GEAR --with-feedback=GEAR --with-sink=GEAR --with-kernel=wendland-C2 --with-adaptive-softening --with-grackle=path/to/grackle

and then

make -j

You can remove the adaptive softening. In this case, you may need to change the default `max_physical_baryon_softening` value.

Other sink models can be probed by changing swift configuration and adding the relevant parameters in params.yml.

# ICs
The run.sh script calls `makeIC.py' script with default values. You can experiment by changing the ICs. Run `python3 makeIC.py --help` to get the list of parameters.

# Run
Type run.sh, and let's go!

# Changing the cooling
You can experiment different cooling modes by changing grackle mode to 1,2, or 3.

For grackle_0 (equilibrium mode), the first sink form roughly at 0.260 Gyr (= internal units). The end time is 0.282 Myr. The simulation runs in ~ 2 minutes.

For grackle_X with X from 1 to 3, the first sinks form rouglhy at 0.465 Gyr.

# For sink debugging
This example was used to debug the sink's tasks and other sink-related bugs. The level (N_part = 2^(3*level)) was 8 during this debugging phase.

Starting from the default ICs generated by `makeIC.py` can take some time. You can use `debug=1 ./run.sh` to run a simulation configured for debugging purposes. Debugging mode retrieves ICs for a level 8 HomogeneousBox in a state close to sink formation.