[Mesa-users] failed to recognize item for profile columns: model_number

Francis Timmes fxt44 at mac.com
Thu Oct 18 14:45:57 EDT 2018


yes, i understand. 

i was simply pointing out that extra information can be added to a 
profile or header as it is generally a little known capability
that does not appear in the posting archives - now it does.

fxt




> On Oct 18, 2018, at 11:35 AM, RICHARD H D TOWNSEND <townsend at astro.wisc.edu> wrote:
> 
> Apologies, but the answer I already gave is the correct one. These quantities already appear in the profile header, there is no need to add them. They are listed in the default profile_columns.list for completeness, but should not be uncommented there (else an error will result):
> 
> ! the first few lines of the profile contain general info about the model.
> ! for completeness, those items are described here.
> 
>   !  initial mass and Z
>      !  initial_mass
>      !  initial_z
>   ! general properties of the current state
>      ! model_number
>      ! num_zones
>      ! star_age
>      ! time_step
>   ! properties at the photosphere
>      ! Teff
>      ! photosphere_L
>      ! photosphere_r
>   ! properties at the outermost zone of the model
>      ! log_surface_L
>      ! log_surface_radius
>      ! log_surface_temp
>   ! properties near the center of the model
>      ! log_center_temp
>      ! log_center_density
>      ! log_center_P
>      ! center_eta
>   ! abundances near the center
>      ! center_h1
>      ! center_he3
>      ! center_he4
>      ! center_c12
>      ! center_n14
>      ! center_o16
>      ! center_ne20
>   ! information about total mass
>      ! star_mass
>      ! star_mdot
>      ! star_mass_h1
>      ! star_mass_he3
>      ! star_mass_he4
>      ! star_mass_c12
>      ! star_mass_n14
>      ! star_mass_o16
>      ! star_mass_ne20
>   ! locations of abundance transitions
>      ! he_core_mass
>      ! c_core_mass
>      ! o_core_mass
>      ! si_core_mass
>      ! fe_core_mass
>   ! location of optical depths 10 and 100
>      ! tau10_mass
>      ! tau10_radius
>      ! tau100_mass
>      ! tau100_radius
>   ! time scales
>      ! dynamic_time
>      ! kh_timescale
>      ! nuc_timescale
>   ! various kinds of total power
>      ! power_nuc_burn
>      ! power_h_burn
>      ! power_he_burn
>      ! power_neu
>   ! a few control parameter values
>      ! h1_boundary_limit
>      ! he4_boundary_limit
>      ! c12_boundary_limit
>      ! burn_min1
>      ! burn_min2
> 
> cheers,
> 
> Rich
> 
>> On Oct 18, 2018, at 1:31 PM, Francis Timmes via Mesa-users <mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
>> 
>> hi jacqueline,
>> 
>> it is possible to add header items such as model_number and star_age 
>> to a profile or history file through a run_star_extras.f 
>> 
>> you can see this in action in 
>> 
>> $MESA_DIR/star/test_suite/agb/src/run_star_extras.f
>> 
>> and search for “extra_profile_header”.
>> 
>> 
>> fxt
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Oct 18, 2018, at 9:24 AM, Jacqueline Goldstein via Mesa-users <mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi everyone,
>>> 
>>> In mesa-r10398:
>>> 
>>> I would like to add  model_number to my profile columns, but I receive the following error:
>>> 
>>> failed to recognize item for profile columns: model_number
>>> 
>>> I receive the same error for star_age.
>>> I haven’t tried uncommenting other variables under ‘general properties of the current state'
>>> 
>>> Have these variable names been changed?
>>> Is there another way to access them?
>>> 
>>> Sincerely,
>>> 
>>> Jacqueline Goldstein
>>> PhD Graduate Student | Astronomy 
>>> University of Wisconsin - Madison
>>> http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~jgoldstein
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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