Commit 7d1a854f authored by David Hendriks's avatar David Hendriks
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added cosmic sfh

parent b3a34a91

binarycpython/utils/distribution_functions.py

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@@ -900,6 +900,21 @@ def flatsections(x: float, opts: dict) -> Union[float, int]: 
# Star formation histories

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def cosmic_SFH_madau_dickinson2014(z):

    """

    Cosmic star formation history distribution from Madau & Dickonson 2014 (https://arxiv.org/pdf/1403.0007.pdf)

    

    Args:

        z: redshift

    

    Returns:

        Cosmic star formation rate in Solarmass year^-1 megaparsec^-3

    """



    CSFH = 0.015 * ((1+z)**2.7)/(1+(((1+z)/2.9)**5.6))



    return CSFH



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# Metallicity distributions

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