[Mesa-users] Modeling a Low-Mass Gas-Rich Planet

[Francis Timmes]

hi howard,

if you like, you can post an updated version on 
https://zenodo.org/communities/mesa/?page=1&size=20
and i'll add a link to it from the mesa marketplace.

fxt




> On Oct 9, 2019, at 7:19 PM, Howard Chen <hwchen at bu.edu> wrote:
> 
> Hi Brian,
> 
> Thanks for looking at our paper. We have indeed encounter issues at some combination of initial planets mass and planet core mass and/or irradiation. We don't have a solution for them yet. I'd suggest trying a different combination of planet mass + core mass.
> 
> Btw, I should note that the version of our code posted on Mesa markplace is significantly out of date. I can send you a more updated version that also works with python 3 if you'd like.
> 
> I can also try to looking at any other problems you may encounter along the way.
> 
> 
> Best,
> Howard
> 
> Best,
> Howard
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Oct 9, 2019, 6:49 PM Brian Jackson <bjackson at boisestate.edu> wrote:
> Dear MESA Users,
> I'm trying to replicate some results from Chen & Rogers (2016 -
> https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2016ApJ...831..180C/abstract), but
> I'm having trouble.
> 
> I can successfully create the initial gas ball for the planet, but
> when I try to insert a core, the code runs for a while and then seems
> to hang when the core reaches about 0.2 Earth mass. I've attached a
> text file showing the last several lines that keep repeating over and
> over again.
> 
> I am running MESA version 11701 on Mac OS 10.13.1 (17B1003), and I
> believe I'm using the MESA SDK from August 30 2019 (gfortran --version
> returns "gcc.exec (GCC) 8.3.0"). I have attached the .mod file
> representing the initial gas ball and the inlist I'm using to insert
> the core.
> 
> (And apologies in advance for forgetting something in my e-mail or
> sending the wrong files -- I give it 50-50 odds.)
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> Brian
> 
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