Added new kick prescriptions#790
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Here is a comparison of the existing natal kick prescriptions in COSMIC alongside the two new implementations introduced in this PR ( Interestingly, Flags 1, 7, and 8 lead to similar looking distributions. If I understood correctly, Flag 1 (the standard COSMIC Maxwellian) gets its bimodal shape via hardcoded In contrast, the "physics-based" formulations in Flags 7 and 8 appear to produce this bimodality naturally. This was the conclusion of my paper as well. And the idea behind this PR based on what we discussed at CCA last month.
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References for the kick prescriptions via
abskickflag = 7andabskickflag = 8:[1] Neutron Star Kicks by the Gravitational Tug-boat Mechanism in Asymmetric Supernova Explosions: Progenitor and Explosion Dependence, Janka H.T., 2017, ApJ 837(1):84, arXiv:1611.07562 [astro-ph.HE].
-- Exact implementation matches Equation 2 from Chattaraj et al. 2026a.
[2] New constraints on the Bray conservation-of-momentum natal kick model from multiple distinct observations, Richards S. M., Eldridge J. J., Briel M. M., Stevance H. F., Willcox R., 2022, Published in: Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 522 (2023) 3, 3972-3985.