[mesa-users] issue with OP AGSS09

Radek Smolec smolec at camk.edu.pl
Sun Oct 13 14:16:34 EDT 2013


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> How do you propose to get around this inconsistency?  If you can't make
> kap tables that go above logT = 8 but you need to have opacities for helium
> burning and beyond, it sounds like you are stuck.    For logT beyond the
> table (8.7 for OPAL, 8.0 for OP), mesa/kap switches over to Compton.
>  Electron conduction is also included of course.  So if you want to stay
> pure OP, you need to be clear what that means: Compton for logT > 8.0.
> You'll have to decide if that is better than introducing the inconsistency
> of blending over to OPAL Type2 for logT in the 8.0 to 8.7 range.   Pick
> your poison!
>
I have decided. I pick OPAL ;-)
Radek
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