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parameters indicated on the figure. These are the slope of the
parameters indicated on the figure. These are the slope of the
dependency, its position on the metallicity-axis and normalisation
dependency, its position on the metallicity-axis and normalisation
(black circle) as well as the maximal threshold density allowed. For
(black circle) as well as the maximal threshold density allowed. For
reference, the black arrow indicates the typical solar metallicity
reference, the black arrow indicates the value typically assumed for
:math:`Z_\odot=0.014`. The values used to produce this figure are the
solar metallicity :math:`Z_\odot=0.014` (note, however, that this value
ones assumed in the reference EAGLE model.
does *not* enter the model at all). The values used to produce this
figure are the ones assumed in the reference EAGLE model.
.. code:: YAML
# EAGLE star formation parameters
EAGLEStarFormation:
EOS_density_norm_H_p_cm3: 0.1 # Physical density used for the normalisation of the EOS assumed for the star-forming gas in Hydrogen atoms per cm^3.
EOS_temperature_norm_K: 8000 # Temperature om the polytropic EOS assumed for star-forming gas at the density normalisation in Kelvin.
EOS_gamma_effective: 1.3333333 # Slope the of the polytropic EOS assumed for the star-forming gas.
KS_normalisation: 1.515e-4 # The normalization of the Kennicutt-Schmidt law in Msun / kpc^2 / yr.
KS_exponent: 1.4 # The exponent of the Kennicutt-Schmidt law.
KS_min_over_density: 57.7 # The over-density above which star-formation is allowed.
KS_high_density_threshold_H_p_cm3: 1e3 # Hydrogen number density above which the Kennicut-Schmidt law changes slope in Hydrogen atoms per cm^3.
KS_high_density_exponent: 2.0 # Slope of the Kennicut-Schmidt law above the high-density threshold.
KS_temperature_margin_dex: 0.5 # Logarithm base 10 of the maximal temperature difference above the EOS allowed to form stars.
KS_max_density_threshold_H_p_cm3: 1e5 # Hydrogen number density above which a particle gets automatically turned into a star in Hydrogen atoms per cm^3.
threshold_norm_H_p_cm3: 0.1 # Normalisation of the metal-dependant density threshold for star formation in Hydrogen atoms per cm^3.
threshold_Z0: 0.002 # Reference metallicity (metal mass fraction) for the metal-dependant threshold for star formation.
threshold_slope: -0.64 # Slope of the metal-dependant star formation threshold
threshold_max_density_H_p_cm3: 10.0 # Maximal density of the metal-dependant density threshold for star formation in Hydrogen atoms per cm^3.
gas_fraction: 0.1 # The gas fraction used internally by the model.