[mesa-users] Brunt-Vaisala frequency in convective regions.

Daniel Kagan kagan at astro.as.utexas.edu
Thu Dec 1 13:51:44 EST 2011


I'm pleased to report that it works.

Thanks,
Daniel

On Tue, 29 Nov 2011, Bill Paxton wrote:

> Hi Daniel,
>
> Note that brunt_N2 is a standard output, but it is only calculated when calculate_Brunt_N2 is true.
> So first check that you've set that flag true in your inlist.
>
> Then make a plot of the profile of burnt_N2 to see if you get negative values in the convective zone.
>
> If so, great!  If not, please send me your inlist plus a starting model so I can give it a try.
>
> Good luck,
> Bill
>
>
>
> On Nov 29, 2011, at 2:55 PM, Daniel Kagan wrote:
>
>>
>> I am trying to calculate the value of N^2 in convective regions of a stellar
>> model; while this will be negative, both of the formulas for the Brunt-Vaisala
>> frequency ought to work there. However, Mesa doesn't seem to use these formulae
>> in convective regions, and N^2 (as opposed to log(N^2))
>> is not a standard output. Is there a way to force Mesa to do this calculation?
>> I have tried to do it manually (without success), but is there an easier way?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Daniel Kagan
>>
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