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

Jakub Ostrowski ostrowski at astro.uni.wroc.pl
Wed Jan 16 15:28:30 EST 2013


João, Josiah, thank you for suggestions, I'll try them and let you know what works for me.

Cheers,
Jakub


On 16 sty 2013, at 20:03, Josiah Schwab <jwschwab at berkeley.edu> wrote:

> Hi Jakub,
> 
>> Josiah, I set your values of the parameters and it doesn't work - evolution doesn't stop.
> 
> Ok, well then one of the limits is not ever violated; first, I'd probably find out which.
> 
> Neither of those limiting values are really precisely defined.  Perhaps you want Lnuc_div_L_upper_limit = 0.99 or maybe v_surf_div_v_kh_lower_limit = 2.0.  (In particular, v_surf_div_v_kh_lower_limit is a rather "twiddly" parameter.)
> 
> If you want to do something that's not trial-and-error, may I suggest including v_surf_div_v_kh, L_nuc, and L in your history?  Then you can investigate a criterion that will work for your specific case.
> 
> Best,
> Josiah





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