[Mesa-users] Difference between "setting" and "relaxing" rotation

[Nicholas J Nelson]

I'm working on a project that is looking at the effects of rotation on main sequence evolution and I've run into a question I can't seem to answer from the documentation. There appear to be two ways to activate rotation in Mesa -- namely one can use the group of inputs that begin with 'set' (e.g., set_omega, set_omega_step_limit) or one can use another group of inputs that begin with 'relax' (e.g., relax_omega, num_steps_to_relax_rotation). What is the difference between setting and relaxing?

Thanks,
Nick


Nicholas J. Nelson

Assistant Professor of Physics

Faculty Adviser, Society of Physics Students

California State University, Chico

njnelson at csuchico.edu
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