[Mesa-users] MESA-version for mass transfer in binary stars

[Warrick Ball]

Hi,

I'm not an expert on MESAplot but in this case, I'm pretty sure the error 
is telling you what's wrong (if you know enough about MESA's output).

> ValueError: 'radius' is not in list

I would guess that your profile file doesn't have the radius column 
selected.  So you have two options:

1) You can plot something that your profile *does* have, which you can 
find either by (a) looking at $MESA_DIR/star/defaults/profile_columns.list 
or (b) just opening the profile file and having a look.

2) You can add the radius to your run.  Copy 
$MESA_DIR/star/defaults/profile_columns.list to your work folder and 
uncomment the line containing radius (i.e. change "!radius" to "radius").

Cheers,
Warrick



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Warrick Ball
Postdoc, School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT
wball at bison.ph.bham.ac.uk
+44 (0)121 414 4552

On Thu, 19 Oct 2017, seblu humne wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Now i am installing mesa-r10000 on my ubuntu 14.04, then when i was do
> like this *cp -r mesa-r10000/star/work "mesa-test-r10000*" in my home
> director in new created folder *"mesa-test-r1000"* then when i was run i
> have got not a good result for profiles output (profile1.data----end), and
> also when i was plot this MESA output by using* MESAplot* the following
> problem was displayed such as:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>  File "MESAplot_v0.3.4.py <http://mesaplot_v0.3.4.py/>", line 863, in
> <module>
>    frame = container("MESAplot",(ds.window_position_x,ds.window_
> position_y),(ds.window_size_x,ds.window_size_y))
>  File "MESAplot_v0.3.4.py <http://mesaplot_v0.3.4.py/>", line 40, in
> __init__
>    self.MF=MainFrame(self)  ##Instances MainFrame
>  File "MESAplot_v0.3.4.py <http://mesaplot_v0.3.4.py/>", line 634, in
> __init__
>    self.drawplot()
>  File "MESAplot_v0.3.4.py <http://mesaplot_v0.3.4.py/>", line 781, in
> drawplot
>    Py_data=odat.profile[odat.sorted_profile_number(profile_
> number)][self.start_P:self.end_P:1,odat.profile_labels.index(Py_var)]
> ValueError: 'radius' is not in list
>
> *please can you see the attached profile1.data.? The some rows and columns
> of  profiles.data are not displayed , this  is strange for me how can i fix
> it???*
>
> *please can you help me??*
>
> cheers,
>
> seblu
>
> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 9:56 AM, seblu humne <seblu1557 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>  now i am installing mesa-r10000 on my ubuntu, then when i was make like
>> this "cp -r mesa-r10000/star/work mesa-test-r10000" in my home director in
>> new created folder "mesa-test-r1000" then when i was run i have got a good
>> result, but my problem is when i was plot this output MESA result, i.e.,
>> profiles.data or history.data by using MESAplot, the following problem was
>> displayed, how can i correct it
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "MESAplot_v0.3.4.py", line 863, in <module>
>>     frame = container("MESAplot",(ds.window_position_x,ds.window_
>> position_y),(ds.window_size_x,ds.window_size_y))
>>   File "MESAplot_v0.3.4.py", line 40, in __init__
>>     self.MF=MainFrame(self)  ##Instances MainFrame
>>   File "MESAplot_v0.3.4.py", line 634, in __init__
>>     self.drawplot()
>>   File "MESAplot_v0.3.4.py", line 781, in drawplot
>>     Py_data=odat.profile[odat.sorted_profile_number(profile_
>> number)][self.start_P:self.end_P:1,odat.profile_labels.index(Py_var)]
>> ValueError: 'radius' is not in list
>> cheers,
>>
>> seblu
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 4:57 AM, Rob Farmer <r.j.farmer at uva.nl> wrote:
>>
>>> There are a variety of binary test cases, i suggest you download and
>>> install r10000 and you can see what binary test cases are available.
>>>
>>> Rob
>>>
>>> On 19 October 2017 at 08:15, seblu humne via Mesa-users <
>>> mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dear all mesa-users,
>>>>
>>>> First i would like to appreciate all of you for your support.!!!
>>>>
>>>> Now I am using MESA-r8845 for mass transfer in  binary star systems,
>>>> especially mass transfer
>>>>  in the range of the age of stars between 10^2 -10^9 (for low mass
>>>> stars, i.e., main sequence stars or sub-giant and giants, red giants
>>>> AGBs).  Now can we use mesa-r10000 for such system, even when the star is
>>>> less evolved and  also can we access the  binary_both_stars,
>>>> binary_donor_only, binary_both_stars_implicit_mdot, binary_donor_only_implicit_mdot,
>>>> etc... using mesa-r10000??
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>
>>>> Seblu Humne Negu
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 12:09 PM, Francis Timmes <fxt44 at mac.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> the latest public release, r10000, is suitable.
>>>>>
>>>>> http://mesa.sourceforge.net/release/2017/09/12/r10000.html
>>>>>
>>>>> fxt
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Oct 15, 2017, at 11:42 PM, seblu humne via Mesa-users <
>>>>> mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dear all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Which MESA version is bets (appropriate) for mass transfer in binary
>>>>> stars?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>> Seblu Humne Negu
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
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