vice.stars

Read in the star particles from a multizone simulation output.

Signature: vice.stars(name)

New in version 1.2.0.

Parameters

namestr

The full or relative path to the output directory. The ‘.vice’ extension is not required.

Returns

starstracers [VICE dataframe derived class]

A subclass of the VICE dataframe designed to store the star particles and to calculate relevant quantities automatically upon indexing.

Raises

• IOError [Only occurs if the output has been altered]

  • Output directory not found.

  • Output files not formatted correctly.

  • Other VICE output files are missing from the output.

See also

vice.core.dataframe.tracers

Example Code

>>> import vice
>>> stars = vice.stars(example")
>>> stars[100]
        vice.dataframe{
                formation_time -> 0.1
                zone_origin ----> 0.0
                zone_final -----> 0.0
                mass -----------> 29695920.0
                z(fe) ----------> 1.128362e-05
                z(sr) ----------> 6.203682e-10
                z(o) -----------> 0.0002587532
                [fe/h] ---------> -2.058141258363775
                [sr/h] ---------> -1.8831288138453521
                [o/h] ----------> -1.3445102993763647
                [sr/fe] --------> 0.17501244451842268
                [o/fe] ---------> 0.7136309589874101
                [o/sr] ---------> 0.5386185144689875
                z --------------> 0.0005393007991864363
                [m/h] ----------> -1.4142969718113587
                age ------------> 9.9
        }