[mesa-users] MESA/pgstar Ignition Curves

[Bill Paxton]

On Apr 7, 2014, at 1:30 PM, Josiah Schwab wrote:

> 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?  


Hi Josiah,

On Apr 7, 2014, at 1:30 PM, Josiah Schwab wrote:

> Are the conditions that were used to generate these ignition curves
> documented anywhere

pick one:

a) sorry that is proprietary information that we cannot share with you.

b) what's "documentation" anyway?

c) I probably did what you guessed, but I don't remember for sure.

d) feel free to generate new curves -- they are only for show anyway.

-Bill







> 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
> 
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