DistributionFunctionBasedSFH

class cogsworth.sfh.DistributionFunctionBasedSFH(potential, df=None, **kwargs)

Bases: StarFormationHistory

A star formation history based on a distribution function. This is an abstract base class and should not be instantiated directly.

Parameters:

Parameters are the same as :class:`StarFormationHistory` but additionally with the following:

potentialPotential or Potential

The gravitational potential in which to sample the distribution function

dffunction or dict

Either a function that represents the distribution function, taking J as an argument, or the keyword arguments to pass to the distribution function(s) using agama.DistributionFunction.

Attributes Summary

agama_pot
df

Methods Summary

sample(size)

Sample from the distributions for each component, combine and save in class attributes

Attributes Documentation

agama_pot

df

Methods Documentation

sample(size)

Sample from the distributions for each component, combine and save in class attributes