Set the maximal Eddington fraction to 100% in all the EAGLE-ICs examples.

examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_12/eagle_12.yml

@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ EAGLEFeedback:
 # EAGLE AGN model
 EAGLEAGN:
   subgrid_seed_mass_Msun:           1.5e5      # Black hole subgrid mass at creation time in solar masses.
-  max_eddington_fraction:           1.5        # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
+  max_eddington_fraction:           1.0        # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
   eddington_fraction_for_recording: 0.1        # Record the last time BHs reached an Eddington ratio above this threshold.
   viscous_alpha:                    1e6        # Normalisation constant of the Bondi viscuous time-scale accretion reduction term
   radiative_efficiency:             0.1        # Fraction of the accreted mass that gets radiated.

examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_25/eagle_25.yml

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ EAGLEFeedback:
 # EAGLE AGN model
 EAGLEAGN:
   subgrid_seed_mass_Msun:           1.5e5      # Black hole subgrid mass at creation time in solar masses.
-  max_eddington_fraction:           1.5        # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
+  max_eddington_fraction:           1.0        # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
   eddington_fraction_for_recording: 0.1        # Record the last time BHs reached an Eddington ratio above this threshold.
   viscous_alpha:                    1e6        # Normalisation constant of the Bondi viscuous time-scale accretion reduction term
   radiative_efficiency:             0.1        # Fraction of the accreted mass that gets radiated.

examples/EAGLE_ICs/EAGLE_50/eagle_50.yml

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ EAGLEFeedback:
 # EAGLE AGN model
 EAGLEAGN:
   subgrid_seed_mass_Msun:           1.5e5      # Black hole subgrid mass at creation time in solar masses.
-  max_eddington_fraction:           1.5        # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
+  max_eddington_fraction:           1.0        # Maximal allowed accretion rate in units of the Eddington rate.
   eddington_fraction_for_recording: 0.1        # Record the last time BHs reached an Eddington ratio above this threshold.
   viscous_alpha:                    1e6        # Normalisation constant of the Bondi viscuous time-scale accretion reduction term
   radiative_efficiency:             0.1        # Fraction of the accreted mass that gets radiated.

examples/EAGLE_ICs/README

@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ the following changes have been made:
  - The delay time distribution of the SNIa has been changed to a
    power-law of slope -1 (instead of the exponential model) and
    the rates have been renormalized.
+ - The black hole accretion rate is now limited to 100% of the
+   Eddington rate (from 100/h = 150 %).
 
 The scripts in this directory download the tables required to
 run the EAGLE model. Plotting scripts are also provided