Data for Massive Stars Behaving Badly: Exceptional Interactions And Their Remnants

Software and data used in the dissertation "Massive Stars Behaving Badly: Exceptional Interactions And Their Remnants", by Kaila Nathaniel To use this data, please use the following citation: @thesis{NathanielMassiveStars, type = {phdthesis}, title = {{{Massive Stars Behaving Badly: Exceptional Interactions And Their Remnants}}}, author = {Nathaniel, Kaila}, date = {2025}, institution = {Rochester Institute of Technology}, location = {Rochester, NY} } This repository contains the following folders: McFACTS-kaila-phd: The version of McFACTS used for Chapters 3-6. Can also be found at https://github.com/McFACTS/McFACTS/tree/kaila-phd. movies: The movies referenced in Section 5.1.2. simulations_bh_only: McFACTS simulations with black holes only. Unzipped size is 2 GB. Inside this folder are the following simulations: default_run: Fiducial model bh_smbh1e7: Model with SMBH mass set to 10^7 Msun bh_smbh2e8: Model with SMBH mass set to 2 * 10^8 Msun dyn_off: Model with dynamical encounters off feedback_off: Model with BH feedback off imf_idx_1: Model with a BH IMF powerlaw index of 1. simulations_stars_and_bh: McFACTS simulations with stars and black holes. Unzipped size is 41 GB. Inside this folder are the following simulations: stars_smbh1e8: Fiducial stars model stars_smbh1e7: Model with SMBH mass set to 10^7 Msun stars_smbh2e8: Model with SMBH mass set to 2 * 10^8 Msun stars_imf_idx_285: Model with a stellar IMF powerlaw index of 2.85