[mesa-users] Baroclinic Instability

[Francis Timmes]

hi craig,

currently there are no explicit controls for a baroclinic instability
perhaps you and your collaborators could begin to add this capability?

fxt



> On May 22, 2015, at 9:27 AM, Craig Wheeler <wheel at astro.as.utexas.edu> wrote:
> 
> I'm interested in the physics and effects of the baroclinic
> instability in stars. I don't see that the two Paxton et al.
> manuals mention it explicitly and have looked at the Heger,
> Langer & Woosely paper where so many instabilities
> incorporated in MESA are discussed, and don't see any
> specific recipe for the BCI.
> 
> Can someone tell me where I can go to understand in
> more detail where and how BCI is incorporated in MESA?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Craig
> 
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