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Mass Ratio q=1.0: Equal-mass Particles

To construct a $q=1.0$ corotating binary configuration with equal-mass particles in both stars, you can use the ``setup2cm'' subroutine, which is called by setting the three letter code in sph.init to ``2cm''. The code lays down each star in an analogous manner to the equal-mass single star routines, and the same instructions about the relaxation timescale and shutoff time apply.

Note that the parameter ``N'' used to initialize the run refers to the number of particles in EACH star, the total number of particles will be $2{\tt N}$.



Joshua Faber 2003-06-28