CGM Cooling¶
Below is a flowchart indicating the ingredients of Galacticus CGM cooling model. (Galacticus is highly modular - many different ingredients can be included and excluded - this is intended just as a typical example.)
flowchart LR
Galaxy
Cold[<a href='https://galacticus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/physics/coldModeInfallRate.html' style='text-decoration: none'>Cold Mode Inflow</a>]
Lambda[<a href='https://galacticus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/physics/coolingFunction.html' style='text-decoration: none'>Cooling Function</a>]
Radius[<a href='https://galacticus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/physics/coolingRadius.html' style='text-decoration: none'>Cooling Radius</a>]
Rate[<a href='https://galacticus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/physics/coolingRate.html' style='text-decoration: none'>Cooling Rate</a>]
Time[<a href='https://galacticus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/physics/coolingTime.html' style='text-decoration: none'>Cooling Time</a>]
RadiusFreefall[<a href='https://galacticus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/physics/freefallRadius.html' style='text-decoration: none'>Freefall Radius</a>]
Available[<a href='https://galacticus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/physics/coolingTimeAvailable.html' style='text-decoration: none'>Time Available Cooling]
AvailableFreefall[<a href='https://galacticus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/physics/freefallTimeAvailable.html' style='text-decoration: none'>Time Available Freefall]
Infall[<a href='https://galacticus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/physics/coolingInfallRadius.html' style='text-decoration: none'>Infall Radius</a>]
Angular[<a href='https://galacticus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/physics/coolingSpecificAngularMomentum.html' style='text-decoration: none'>Angular Momentum Content</a>]
Lambda --> Time
Time --> Radius
Available --> Radius
Radius --> Infall
AvailableFreefall --> RadiusFreefall
RadiusFreefall --> Infall
Infall --> Rate
Rate --> Galaxy
Cold --> Galaxy
Angular --> Galaxy