[mesa-users] Radiation source

[Josiah Schwab]

Hi Chris,

> I am looking to model the effect of a radiation source, at a set distance
> away from my object, on stellar evolution.  Does anyone have a suggestion
> for a routine for this?

Take a look at Section 2.4 in MESA Paper II:

  http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013ApJS..208....4P

The key word you should look for in the docs is "irradiation".  E.g.,

  http://mesa.sourceforge.net/star_job_defaults.html#relax_irradiation

  http://mesa.sourceforge.net/controls_defaults.html#atm_grey_irradiated_T_eq

and surrounding materials.

Hope that helps,
Josiah