[mesa-users] Weird jumps in radius for rotating 8.1Msun model

[Richard Townsend]

Alas, my prognosis was premature; the use_Ledoux_criterion does not fix the radius jump in all cases. However, it seems Aaron's suggestion, to use 

overshoot_f_above_burn_h = 0.014

...does work.

cheers,

Rich

On Jun 7, 2012, at 12:28 PM, Richard Townsend wrote:

> That seems to do the trick. Thanks, everyone, for your input.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Rich
> 
> On Jun 7, 2012, at 8:39 AM, Tuguldur Sukhbold wrote:
> 
>> Dear mesa-users,
>> 
>> I had couple of other people asking me before about this issue. As Hideyuki mentioned before, I think this is due 'sudden mixing' of H rich material into the core. I am not sure if restricting overshooting will make it smooth -always-, but changing the convection criterion will certainly fix the problem.
>> 
>> Attached are h1 & he4 fractions as a function of age during the main sequence for 77Msun model run with Schwarschild and Ledoux with 0.1 multiplier. 
>> 
>> add these into your &controls
>> 
>>      use_Ledoux_criterion = .true.
>>      alpha_semiconvection = 0.1
>> 
>> clear skies,
>> Tuguldur
>> 
>> 
>> <Screen shot 2012-06-07 at 6.26.07 AM.png>
>> <Screen shot 2012-06-07 at 6.32.28 AM.png>
>> 
>> On Jun 7, 2012, at 6:20 AM, Aaron Dotter wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Rich,
>>> 
>>> This sort of problem can often be seen in main sequence evolution of stars with convective cores.  Some amount of mixing across the (Schwarzschild) convective core boundary ought to make it go away.  Try, for example,
>>> 
>>>            overshoot_f_above_burn_h = 0.014
>>> 
>>> Does that make the MS evolution look smooth?
>>> 
>>> Aaron
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Richard Townsend <townsend at astro.wisc.edu> wrote:
>>> Hi folks --
>>> 
>>> When I run an 8.1Msun model from ZAMS to TAMS with the inclusion of rotation (see attached inlist), I find strange jumps in the stellar radius from one model to the next (see attached radius vs time plot). Similar jumps show up for masses in the wider interval 7Msun - 10Msun.
>>> 
>>> What am I doing wrong here?
>>> 
>>> cheers,
>>> 
>>> Rich
>>> 
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>> ____________________________________
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>> Tuguldur Sukhbold
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>> 
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