VICE: Versatile Integrator for Chemical Evolution

Version 1.2.0

James W. Johnson

Primary Author

Email: giganano9@gmail.com

The Ohio State University Department of Astronomy

140 W. 18th Ave., Columbus, OH, 43204

Welcome to VICE’s documentation! Source code and supplementary material can be found in the git repository. First time users should familiarize themselves with VICE’s API by going through the tutorial, also available in the git repository. VICE’s core developers are also happy to consult with scientists looking to incorporate it into their research.

• Installing VICE
  • Dependencies
  • Installing from Source
  • Troubleshooting Your Build
  • Uninstalling VICE
• Getting Started
  • Tutorial
  • Example Code
  • Accessing Documentation
  • From the Command Line
• Science Documentation
  • 1. Background
  • 2. Implementation
  • 3. Single Stellar Populations
  • 4. The Gas Supply
  • 5. Enrichment
  • 6. Nucleosynthetic Yields
  • 7. Migration
  • 8. Milky Way-Like Galaxies
  • 9. Scaling of the Total Metallicity
  • 10. Stellar Metallicity Distribution Functions
• Comprehensive API Reference
  • From the Command Line
  • Package Contents
• Developer’s Documentation
  • License
  • Citing VICE
  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgements
  • Submitting a Bug Report
  • Contributing to VICE