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You can download the chemical evolution code that generated these foregoing abundance histories. Here is a journal paper that describes this prediction of the initial mass function for neutron stars and black holes.

Core and Remnant Masses
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Zero metallicity
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Solar Metallicity
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Finer mass grid

 
Remnant Distribution Functions
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Iron core only
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Iron + Silicon shell
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Post Explosion
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Explosion energy dependence

 
Birth Functions
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Pure Type II Supernovae
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Half Type II + Half Type Ib
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Pure Type Ib Supernovae
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Sensitivity to slope

 
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Measured neutron star masses
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High-mass x-ray binary masses