Tidal Disruption Event Galaxy Binner
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
This software simulates astronomical survey detections of tidal disruptions of stars by super-massive black holes. It begins with the synthetic galaxy catalogue described in van Velzen 2008 (https://arxiv.org/abs/1707.03458). The stellar disruption rate in each galaxy is estimated based on Stone & Metzger 2016 (https://arxiv.org/abs/1410.7772). Based on these rates, and the present-day stellar mass function in the galaxy, disruptions are randomly sampled, and the properties of the resulting flares are sampled based on empirical distributions. The code also accounts for obscuration by dust in the host galaxy. Finally, the survey selection effects are applied. The detectable simulated flares are stored in a database, allowing histograms of their properties to be created.
- Short Name / Acronym:
- tdegb
- Site Accession Number:
- LLNL-CODE- 816642
- Software Type:
- Scientific
- License(s):
- GNU General Public License v3.0
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)Primary Award/Contract Number:AC52-07NA27344
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Code ID:
- 66177
- OSTI ID:
- code-66177
- Country of Origin:
- United States
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