Quick Start Guide

We provide a jupyter notebook as a Quick-Start Guide to demonstrate the steps required to simulate a cluster and interact with the resulting output. This guide shows you how to:

Make a Cluster Isochrone

You will construct a cluster isochrone, setting the age, distance, extinction, and metallicity, as well as the stellar evolution and atmosphere models and reddening law. Photometry will be calculated in several HST filters, and you will construct a color-magnitude diagram, identifying the position of a 1 solar-mass star.

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Make a Simulated Cluster with Multiplicity

You will use the isochrone you generated to make a simulated cluster. Additional parameters you will set include the stellar multiplicity, IMF, and overall cluster mass. You will make a color-magnitude diagram of the cluster, and compare it to the base isochrone. This shows the impact of stellar multiplicity on the photometric properties of the stellar systems.

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Examine Compact Remnants Produced by Different Clusters

You will generate two massive clusters, one at 100 Myr and the other at 10 Gyr, and compare the distribution of compact remnants produced given the default IFMR. You will also test how changing the IMF of these clusters changes these distributions.

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