vice.mlr.setting
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Type : str [assignment is case-insensitive]

Default : "larson1974"

.. versionadded:: 1.3.0

A keyword denoting which functional form of the mass-lifetime relation
to adopt in chemical evolution models. Allowed keywords and the
journal references for them:

- "powerlaw" : N/A
- "vincenzo2016": Vincenzo et al. (2016) [1]_
- "hpt2000": Hurley, Pols & Tout (2000) [2]_
- "ka1997": Kodama & Arimoto (1997) [3]_
- "pm1993": Padovani & Matteucci (1993) [4]_
- "mm1989": Maeder & Meynet (1989) [5]_
- "larson1974": Larson (1974) [6]_

.. seealso::

	- vice.mlr.powerlaw
	- vice.mlr.vincenzo2016
	- vice.mlr.hpt2000
	- vice.mlr.ka1997
	- vice.mlr.pm1993
	- vice.mlr.mm1989
	- vice.mlr.larson1974

.. note:: Though assignment of this object is case-insensitive, the
	value stored will always be lower-cased. See example below
	assigning the Kodama & Arimoto (1997) MLR as the setting.

Example Code
------------
>>> import vice
>>> vice.mlr.setting # the default setting
"larson1974"
>>> vice.mlr.setting = "KA1997"
>>> vice.mlr.setting
"ka1997"
>>> vice.mlr.setting = "hpt2000"
>>> vice.mlr.setting
"hpt2000"

.. [1] Vincenzo et al. (2016), MNRAS, 460, 2238
.. [2] Hurley, Pols & Tout (2000), MNRAS, 315, 543
.. [3] Kodama & Arimoto (1997), A&A, 320, 41
.. [4] Padovani & Matteucci (1993), ApJ, 416, 26
.. [5] Maeder & Meynet (1989), A&A, 210, 155
.. [6] Larson (1974), MNRAS, 166, 585