[Mesa-users] automate model termination after thermal pulses?

[Francis Timmes]

my solution, which works for my purposes, is to stop  
when the envelope mass is 0.01 msun (or another value).

       envelope_mass_limit = 0.01d0

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

fxt




> On Dec 16, 2018, at 9:32 PM, Meridith Joyce via Mesa-users <mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi All,
> Does anyone have a recommendation for a parameter combination that reliably (or even mostly) stops a model after the conclusion of the thermal pulsation phase? 
> 
> I know the physics in this regime are quite complicated, so I'm hoping someone with more expertise may have considered this problem before and devised a more innovative solution than my iterative stop-and-check method.
> 
> Appreciate any insights,
> 
> Dr. Meridith Joyce 
> PhD, Dartmouth College & SAAO
> RSAA Postdoctoral Fellow
> Australian National University 
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