Model reference (provenance glossary)¶
One generated page per model family. Each card: description, when to use, parameters, governing equations, sources (DOI/arXiv/ADS), code entry points, and the validation tests that pin the physics.
Binary populations & orbits — Moe & Di Stefano (2017) P–q–e statistics, Period distributions (Öpik / DM91 / Sana+2012), Eccentricity distributions (thermal / uniform / Moe), Kepler orbital elements, Binary-cluster assembly (build_binary_cluster)
Cluster builders & stellar relations — Cluster builders (build_cluster + named wrappers), Tout+1996 ZAMS stellar relations
Initial mass functions — Salpeter / Kroupa piecewise power law, Chabrier (2003) lognormal + power law, Maschberger (2013) L3 — the smooth house default, Tapered power law (Parravano+2011 STPL), Truncated IMF (operator), Environment-dependent IMF (Marks+2012 / Jerabkova+2018), Schechter exponential-cutoff IMF
Multi-component cluster engines — Engine A — multimass lowered-isothermal (LIMEPY family), Engine B — density-defined shared-Ψ Eddington equilibria
Spatial profiles — Plummer sphere, King (1966) lowered isothermal, EFF (1987) power-law halo, Michie (1963) anisotropic lowered isothermal
Tidal physics & diagnostics — Jacobi radius & tidal truncation, Cartwright & Whitworth (2004) Q diagnostic, Primordial mass segregation & Lambda_MSR
Velocity distribution functions — Plummer isotropic DF, King lowered-Maxwellian DF, Michie–King anisotropic DF, EFF Eddington-inversion DF, Osipkov–Merritt anisotropy overlay