[mesa-users] Pre-MS to Wolf-Rayet Evolution Problem

[RICHARD H D TOWNSEND]

Hi Irham —

Could you create and post an HR diagram, showing the track followed by your star to the onset of helium burning (the phase you refer to as TPAGB — although that’s not the correct terminology)?

cheers,

Rich

> On Oct 16, 2016, at 10:34 AM, Irham Taufik <irham.andika at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear Frank Times,
> 
> I attached the evolutionary track of 32 Msun star that is taken from Geneva Stellar Database. Basically, I want to create similar evolutionary track using MESA with same input parameters as in Geneva model.
> 
> However, my star stuck in the TPAGB phase (red oval) can not reach desired WR phase (green oval) because the computation is very slow. Is there something wrong with my inlist?
> 
> Best regards,
> Irham
> 
> On Oct 16, 2016 10:09 PM, "Frank Timmes" <fxt44 at mac.com> wrote:
> hi irham,
> 
> it might be useful to know how “WR phase” and “TPAGB” are defined for a 32 msun model.
> 
> fxt
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > On Oct 16, 2016, at 5:05 AM, Irham Taufik <irham.andika at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Currently I use MESA to create evolution model of 32 M_sun star from pre-MS to Wolf-Rayet phase. However, it seems the program only works until TPAGB and cannot reach WR phase. I attached my inlist file in this email. Is there something wrong with my input parameters?
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Irham
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Irham Taufik Andika
> > Astronomy Study Program
> > Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia
> 
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