[mesa-users] maintain const radius

[Bill Paxton]

On May 3, 2012, at 8:51 AM, jingluan at caltech.edu wrote:

> I need a mass loss scenario to maintain constant radius, i.e., a star's
> radius exceeds some value R0, I want to lose its mass so that its radius
> cannot exceed R0. What is the formula for Mdot? Any reference or
> suggestions please?

Hi,

You might use the "rlo" wind scheme -- you'll find details in star_defaults.dek
by searching for "radius-determined-wind"

-Bill