[mesa-users] Baroclinic Instability

Craig Wheeler wheel at astro.as.utexas.edu
Sun May 24 13:16:21 EDT 2015


  Thanks, Frank. I guess we will think about it.

Craig

On 5/23/15 11:17 PM, Francis Timmes wrote:
> 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
>>
>> -- 
>> J. Craig Wheeler
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J. Craig Wheeler
Department of Astronomy
2515 Speedway, Stop C1400
Austin, TX 78712-1205
512-471-6407
http://www.as.utexas.edu/~wheel
http://ebooks.cambridge.org/ebook.jsf?bid=CBO9780511536625
http://www.amazon.com/Krone-Ascending-ebook/dp/B00926QEGW






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