[mesa-users] MESA/pgstar Ignition Curves

[Josiah Schwab]

Hi All,

The directory $MESA_DIR/data/star_data/plot_info contains files with the
coordinates of various critical curves in T-Rho space -- such as that
for carbon ignition (carbon_burn.data) and oxygen ignition
(oxygen_burn.data) -- which are drawn on pgstar output.


Physically, I imagine these curves are where the specific energy
generation rate from burning exceeds thermal neutrino losses.


Are the conditions that were used to generate these ignition curves
documented anywhere?  Specifically, I'm thinking of the compositions, as
well as which reactions were included in calculating the energy
generation rates.


I poked around a bit in the MESA source tree but didn't see anything
obvious.

Thanks,
Josiah