| Q1: | Why does it take so long to run my model? |
| Q2: | I have a good idea for your website, how can I tell you? |
| Q3: | I need data for a filter that's not in your list. |
| Q1: | I have a question that's not listed here. Where can I ask? |
| Q2: | What's the answer to life, the universe and all the rest? |
| What is included in your models? | |
| Our special features include: 1) Enrichment of gas used to form stars of subsequent generations 2) Chemically consistent treatment of yields 3) Chemically consistent calculation of emission line strength and many more. | |
| I have a dusty galaxy, is that supported by your models? | |
| Currently we only support dust-absorption, based on the exctinction law of Calzetti. Dust reprocessing and/or thermal reemission are not yet included | |
| I need a galaxy type different from what you offer, what can I do? | |
| If you want to calculate e.g. a galaxy with a fixed formation
timescale, then choose one of the "free E" or "free Sabc" templates. The "Free Sd"
template let's you choose a arbitrary constant star formation rate. If you want to model a galaxy with more than one burst or with some peculiar star formation history, then the bad news is that this is currecntly not supported by our web-interface. However, GALEV itself supports these features, so please contact us directly and we will find a soultion that fits your needs. | |
| Do you also support SSPs for the analysis of star clusters? | |
| Yes we do. However, please note that data for SSP models (spectra, magnitudes for most filters) have been published in P. Anders (A&A 401, 1063, 2003; see the papers listed on the model start-page) and can be downloaded here | |
| Why does it take so long to run my model? | |
| The reason for that is simple: The server that hosts this webpage is not uniquely assigned to run our models, but also takes care of several other jobs. Furthermore, the execution time of your requested model depends on the type of model, with e.g. undisturbed models taking less time than models with burst. However, if your model should take very long, i.e. more than 30 minutes to run or you keep encountering time-outs from our server (we can't don anything about time-outs from your browser), then please let us know, there might be a problem on our side. | |
| I have a good idea for your website, how can I tell you? | |
| Suggestions and good ideas are always welcome. Please write us an email to r.kotulla()galev.org. | |
| I need data for a filter that's not in your list. | |
| We try to keep our filter list up-to-date and are always
happy to include new filters. If your filter is not in the list, then please send us
the filter response curves by email and we will try to incorporate them into the list
as quickly as possible. However, if you are looking for filters longwards of NIR, e.g. for Spitzer data in the Mid-Infrared or even Far-Infrared, please note that GALEV currently only includes stellar emission, while the emission at wavelengths longer than 2-3 mu are normally dominated by dust. | |
| I have a question that's not listed here. Where can I ask? | |
| In that case just write us an email to r.kotulla()galev.org. | |
| What's the answer to life, the universe and all the rest? | |
| The answer to life, the universe and all the rest is 42. | |