Chemical evolution library for galaxy formation simulation
arXiv:1612.02260 · doi:10.3847/1538-3881/153/2/85
Abstract
We have developed a software library for chemical evolution simulations of galaxy formation under the simple stellar population (SSP) approximation. In this library, all of the necessary components concerning chemical evolution, such as initial mass functions, stellar lifetimes, yields from type II and Ia supernovae, asymptotic giant branch stars, and neutron star mergers, are compiled from the literature. Various models are pre-implemented in this library so that users can choose their favorite combination of models. Subroutines of this library return released energy and masses of individual elements depending on a given event type. Since the redistribution manner of these quantities depends on the implementation of users' simulation codes, this library leaves it up to the simulation code. As demonstrations, we carry out both one-zone, closed box simulations and three-dimensional simulations of a collapsing gas and dark matter system using this library. In these simulations, we can easily compare the impact of individual models on the chemical evolution of galaxies, just by changing the control flags and parameters of the library. Since this library only deals with the part of chemical evolution under the SSP approximation, any simulation codes that use the SSP approximation -- namely particle-base and mesh codes, as well as semi-analytical models -- can use it. This library is named "CELib" after the term "Chemical Evolution Library" and is made available to the community.
36 pages, 41 figrues. Accepted for publication in AJ. The distribution site of CELib is https://bitbucket.org/tsaitoh/celib
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