[Mesa-users] Adding a new particle species

[Jeremy Sakstein]

Thanks Amber!

I will take a look at what you suggest.

Cheers,

Jeremy

On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 2:12 PM amber lauer <amberlauer at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Jeremy, it's actually pretty easy.
>
> Look in your inlist star_job section and note the name of the network.
>
> The default version of this file is located in
> $MESA_DIR/data/net_data/nets/ .
>
> Copy this file to your model folder. Then open it with a text editor.
> Unless you are using one of the hard coded nets (approx21*) you will see
> the format is pretty easy to understand, there will be either:
>
> add_isos_and_reactions()
>
> or
>
> add_isos()
>
> add_reactions()
>
> (and possibly remove_reactions())
>
> I think the format is pretty self explanatory. If you use
> add_isos_and_reactions, you need only list the isos and the code will add
> all reactions connecting them. The alternative is to do it by hand using
> add_isos and add_reactions separately. But if you get stuck come back to
> the list and we can help.
>
> Just a note, whatever your network name, MESA will look in your local
> model folder for the file first. I recommend changing the name to something
> verbose (and changing the value in the inlist).
>
> Good luck!
>
> =================================
> Dr. Amber Lauer
> Postdoctoral Researcher
> Triangle Universities Nuclear Lab
> Duke University
> amber.lauer at tunl.duke.edu <amber.lauer at duke.edu>
>
>
> On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 10:48 AM Jeremy Sakstein <sakstein at sas.upenn.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I would like to add a new particle species (with associated reactions) so
>> that it contributes to the EOS and the density.
>>
>> How do I go about doing this? Is there a hook?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Jeremy
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