[mesa-users] moments of inertia

Josiah Schwab jwschwab at berkeley.edu
Fri Oct 11 00:06:26 EDT 2013


Hi Brian,

> I'd like to calculate evolutionary tracks for a variety of Sun-like
> stars. In the corresponding history.data files, I'd like to include
> the evolution for the moments of inertia of the innermost radiative
> and outermost convective zones of the star. Any advice would be
> greatly appreciated.

Using run_star_extras.f you can add arbitrary quantities to your MESA
history files.

Take a look at
http://yoshiyahu.org/mesa2013.html
especially section 2.2.

Hope that helps.  Ask if you have more questions.

Best,
Josiah





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