Wagg2022#

class cogsworth.sfh.Wagg2022(tsfr=<Quantity 6.8 Gyr>, alpha=0.3, Fm=-1, gradient=<Quantity -0.075 1 / kpc>, Rnow=<Quantity 8.7 kpc>, gamma=0.3, zsun=0.0142, galaxy_age=<Quantity 12. Gyr>, **kwargs)[source]#

Bases: CompositeStarFormationHistory

A semi-empirical model defined in Wagg+2022 (see Figure 1 and Section 2.2.1 for a detailed explanation.), heavily based on Frankel+2018.

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

Parameters:
galaxy_ageQuantity [time], optional

Maximum lookback time, by default 12*u.Gyr

tsfrQuantity [time], optional

Star formation timescale, by default 6.8*u.Gyr

alphafloat, optional

Disc inside-out growth parameter, by default 0.3

Fmint, optional

Metallicity at centre of disc at tm, by default -1

gradientQuantity [1/length], optional

Metallicity gradient, by default -0.075/u.kpc

RnowQuantity [length], optional

Radius at which present day metallicity is solar, by default 8.7*u.kpc

gammafloat, optional

Time dependence of chemical enrichment, by default 0.3

zsunfloat, optional

Solar metallicity, by default 0.0142