[mesa-users] mesa version 4298

Bill Paxton paxton at kitp.ucsb.edu
Fri Aug 3 15:05:56 EDT 2012


downloads now include a file containing the version number: mesa/data/version_number

add MLT_option (provided by Mike Montgomery)

         MLT_option = 'Henyey' ! only used when use_Henyey_MLT = .true.
            ! options are:
            !    'ML1'        Bohm-Vitense 1958 MLT
            !    'ML2'        Bohm and Cassinelli 1971 MLT
            !    'Mihalas'    Mihalas 1978, Kurucz 1979 MLT
            !    'Henyey'     Henyey, Rardya, and Bodenheimer 1965 MLT
            ! Values of the f1..f4 coefficients are taken from Table 1 of Ludwig et al. 1999, A&A, 346, 111
            ! with the following exception: their value of f3 for Henyey convection is f4/8 when it should be
            ! 8*f4, i.e., f3=32*pi**2/3 and f4=4*pi**2/3. f3 and f4 are related to the henyey y parameter, so
            ! for the 'Henyey' case they are set based on the value of Henyey_y_param.

add file_digits control for pgstar (default = 5)

change mlt semiconvection: now sets gradT = gradr and calculates diffusion coeff following Langer 1983

add ro18_breakup and rne22_breakup to approx24.net to allow photodisintegration

add relax_eps_nuc_factor routine in star_lib (provided by Josiah Schwab)

add time smoothing for D_ST and nu_ST (dynamo diffusion coefficients)

add rate factor controls for one zone burn in net

add num_reactions_to_track to net 1 zone burn

add set_rate_c12ag, set_rate_n14pg, set_rate_3a, set_rate_1212 to net 1 zone burn controls

add show_Qs option to 1 zone burn

switch to abstract interfaces for the "other" procedures so can pass pointers as args

add max_wind control to go along with min_wind


-Bill






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