I'm using the term initial mass function a bit loosely here, but I think you'll understand. I'll keep this short and simple:
In game, we know a lot of strange details about the stellar forge. There are ~1000 ly wide strips along the X, Y axes that forbid stellar remnants from generating. We know that helium-rich gas giants do not generate in the galactic bulge. We know that the galaxy is sliced up into boxels of varying mass codes. etc. etc.
It also shouldn't come to a surprise that mass codes vary in what they generate from region to region in the galaxy. It has been shown that ELW's are slightly more likely to generate in the galactic bulge than in the outer arms, which implies that there is likely a difference in D mass systems since these are the most likely to generate ELWs. Also, anyone who hunts H mass stars probably has noticed that H masses in the outer arms are more likely to spawn tamer objects, such as perhaps a single O class star, whereas in the galactic bulge, we can find large systems with many stars.
However, even within the galactic bulge, there are differences. I'm sure H mass hunters have noticed that some boxels strangely spawn systems with at least 1 black hole upwards of 75% of the time, whereas others will mostly spawn wolf rayet stars and B classes. This applies to G mass systems and F mass systems as well. Some G mass boxels spawn a black hole followed by many neutron stars (see the record system for most neutron stars, Phroea Bli EG-Y g556) while others spawn B class stars in greater frequency.
I was curious if anyone was actively trying to classify these differences beyond already known distribution of A-H mass systems as seen on edastro.com. I know there is a density survey, but this is a bit different than that, since this is the actual content of the star systems rather than the actual density.
In game, we know a lot of strange details about the stellar forge. There are ~1000 ly wide strips along the X, Y axes that forbid stellar remnants from generating. We know that helium-rich gas giants do not generate in the galactic bulge. We know that the galaxy is sliced up into boxels of varying mass codes. etc. etc.
It also shouldn't come to a surprise that mass codes vary in what they generate from region to region in the galaxy. It has been shown that ELW's are slightly more likely to generate in the galactic bulge than in the outer arms, which implies that there is likely a difference in D mass systems since these are the most likely to generate ELWs. Also, anyone who hunts H mass stars probably has noticed that H masses in the outer arms are more likely to spawn tamer objects, such as perhaps a single O class star, whereas in the galactic bulge, we can find large systems with many stars.
However, even within the galactic bulge, there are differences. I'm sure H mass hunters have noticed that some boxels strangely spawn systems with at least 1 black hole upwards of 75% of the time, whereas others will mostly spawn wolf rayet stars and B classes. This applies to G mass systems and F mass systems as well. Some G mass boxels spawn a black hole followed by many neutron stars (see the record system for most neutron stars, Phroea Bli EG-Y g556) while others spawn B class stars in greater frequency.
I was curious if anyone was actively trying to classify these differences beyond already known distribution of A-H mass systems as seen on edastro.com. I know there is a density survey, but this is a bit different than that, since this is the actual content of the star systems rather than the actual density.
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