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Bayesian Analysis for Stellar Evolution
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precision on mass output from sampleWDMass #22

Closed tedvh closed 6 years ago

tedvh commented 11 years ago

The output of SampleWDMass seems to be set at 3 or 4 decimal places (probably 0.0005). If there is a good reason for this, then SampleWDMass should print two less insignificant digits in the output file. If there is not a good reason for this, then it might be useful to calculate two more digits. There is no meaning to mass at this resolution for most stars, but it probably will be important for red giant stars (when sampleWDMass is generalized to sampleMass) where very small changes in mass move stars appreciably in the CMD.

argiopetech commented 11 years ago

So, I suppose the question is, "Is there a good reason for this?"

tedvh commented 11 years ago

Not now. But there will be when sampleWDMass becomes sampleMass, at least for the red giants.