[Mesa-users] Luminosity evolution during core he-burning of a solar-mass model

[Josiah Schwab]

Hi Warrick,

> I think I've exhausted myself of ideas trying to barrel down on this issue
> so it's time to share.  Some colleagues here came across some unusual
> luminosity evolution during low-mass core He-burning in r11554.  The
> attached plot shows the luminosity during core helium burning for a
> solar-mass model for a simple model (see below) in r10398, r11554, and
> r11554 with a few changes to restore r10398 defaults.
>
> ...
>
> In summary, the core He-burning evolution of my solar mass model in r11554
> looks qualitatively different from r10398 unless I set `use_eosELM =
> .false.` and `use_gold_tolerances = .false.`.

This was due to some shortcomings in the version of ELM that shipped in
r11554 of MESA.  Please upgrade to r11701.

Josiah

P.S.  This message is primarily intended for the list archives.  I know
Warrick already knows this :)