[Mesa-users] Rotation flags

[Roque Caballero Navarro]

Dear Francis,

   Many thanks for the details. Now it's much clearer to me.

   One additional question regarding the parameter "num_steps_to_relax_rotation". I've seen several parameters similar to this in form "num_steps_to_relax...." What are they used for?

Kind regards,

Roque
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De: Francis Timmes <fxt44 at mac.com>
Enviado: sábado, 7 de abril de 2018 15:04
Para: Roque Caballero Navarro
Cc: Frank Timmes; mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org
Asunto: Re: [Mesa-users] Rotation flags

hi roque,

the default values are

new_rotation_flag = .false.
change_rotation_flag = .false.
change_initial_rotation_flag = .false.

for now, consider the first two controls.
to activate rotation

change_rotation_flag = .true.
new_rotation_flag = .true.

to deactivate rotation after it has been turned on

change_rotation_flag = .true.
new_rotation_flag = .false.

to leave rotation in whatever on/off state it is in

change_rotation_flag = .false.

these two controls enable one to alter a model
at the start of a run (./rn) or after a restart (./re).
controls that only apply to the first model have ‘initial’
in their names and are ignored for restarts, for example
change_initial_rotation_flag.

there is also a family of controls that will automatically change the flags for you.
for example, to activate rotation when the model star is near the main-sequence:

! turn on rotation near zams
      near_zams_relax_omega_div_omega_crit = .true.  ! turn on rotation at zams
      num_steps_to_relax_rotation = 100              ! this number steps in the relaxation to the desired value
      new_omega_div_omega_crit = 0.50d0              ! desired zams value of rotation


clearer?

fxt




> On Apr 7, 2018, at 2:43 AM, Roque Caballero Navarro via Mesa-users <mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
>     I'm trying to understand the use of the rotation flags, in particular the following ones:
>
> new_rotation_flag
> change_rotation_flag
> change_initial_rotation_flag
>
>     According to MESA documentation:
>
> "rotation is enabled only if rotation_flag is true new_rotation_flag is only used if change_rotation_flag is true if change_rotation_flag true, then change rotation_flag to new_rotation_flag. NOTE: why 2 flags? because I want 3 options:set true, set false, and leave it alone. there are of course other ways to get 3 options, but this is what we have."
>     I've been doing several examples but I'm not able to figure out how the mentioned flags related to each others and when it's intended to use them. I'd highly appreciate a bit of light in this aspect.
>
>     Many thanks in advance.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Roque
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