[mesa-users] timestep in VMS with wind

[Josiah Schwab]

Hi David,

>> I’m working on VMS (rotation and wind effect).  When I turn on the
>> wind, I’m getting problem with the timestep.  My logdt is about 1.2
>> so my model will probably take a week to evolve to the end of H
>> burning.  Actually, I’m asking me if this is normal or i’m missing
>> something?
>
> perhaps explore and run the test cases that live in star/test_suite/ 
> to help you become more familiar with massive stars, rotation, and mass loss.

I would strongly encourage you to look at Section 7 of Instrument Paper II

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

In a 300 Msun star you will be in this regime during the entire
evolution.

Josiah