[Mesa-users] Checking whether a star is in the Herzsprung gap

[trobolo dinni]

Hi Frank,

I will try that. Thanks a lot for the suggestion.

Roberto

On Sat, 26 Dec 2020 at 03:12, Francis Timmes <fxt44 at mac.com> wrote:

> hi roberto,
>
> perhaps define the beginning of the hertzsprung gap at core hydrogen
> depletion,
> say when the center hydrogen mass fraction X_c(1h) < 1e-3 ?
>
> fxt
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> > On Dec 24, 2020, at 9:28 PM, trobolo dinni via Mesa-users <
> mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
> >
> > Dear MESA users,
> >
> > I would like to ask if you could suggest the best way to verify if a
> star has entered the Hertzsprung gap from the mesa outputs.
> >
> > So far I have tried to use the power of H burning, which should be at
> its minimum during the Hertzsprung gap. However, I cannot find any point
> where it is substantially lower than,  e.g., the main sequence, up to the
> end of the RGB.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> > Cheers,
> > Roberto
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