[mesa-users] how to create a ZAMS model?

[João Faria]

Yes, that's what I was thinking. I get it now, thank you very much.

João Faria

On Wed 16 Jan 2013 06:25:59 PM WET, Josiah Schwab wrote:
>> I have tried to use stop_at_zams = .true. before and it didn't work as well. I now understand why from Josiah's explanation. But, is it just me or the documentation in controls.default is somewhat confusing? I would think that "don't independently apply" would mean "don't set these:"
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> It took me a second, but I see what you mean.  You're interpreting "then don't independently apply" is if it were written as an instruction to you :)
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> It's written from the perspective of "the code" describing what it is doing
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> If you read it as
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>> ! NOTE: if stop_at_zams if true, then *the code* doesn't independently apply
>> !     v_surf_div_v_kh_lower_limit or Lnuc_div_L_upper_limit
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> then it makes sense.
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> Because if you just set both v_surf_div_v_kh_lower_limit and Lnuc_div_L_upper_limit, then MESA would stop when the *first* one of those conditions was violated, instead of waiting until they *both* are.
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> Josiah