POSYDON

POSYDON combines functionality to run large grids of MESA binary simulations, efficiently store those simulations, interpolation over those grids to synthesize binary populations, along with a series of visualization routines to interpret the results.

This documentation is designed to provide an introduction to using POSYDON, which is described in a paper currently under review. There are many excellent textbooks for learning about binary evolution.

To report a bug or download the bleeding edge version of POSYDON, please visit our GitHub page.

Table of Contents

User guide

• Installation
• Data Download
• Application Programming Interface

Binary Star Grids

• .ini file documentation for POSYDON GRIDS
• Run a fixed MESA grid
• The PSyGrid Object

Generating Populations

• Running populations using POSYDON
• Running a POSYDON population synthesis
• Custom population synthesis
• The SingleStar object
• The BinaryStar object
• Evolutionary Hooks
• Debugging Failed Binaries
• Initial-Final Interpolation

Plotting

• 1D plotting functionalities for POSYDON GRIDS
• 2D plotting functionalities for POSYDON GRIDS
• Van den Heuvel diagrams
• Making the Violin Plot

License & Attribution

Copyright (c) 2024, Tassos Fragos

If you make use of POSYDON in your work, please cite our paper (arXiv, ADS).