[Mesa-users] Stop condition at the end of the RGB tip

Adrian Ayala aayala at iaa.es
Tue Jun 30 13:27:54 EDT 2020


Dear aaron,

I think one of the conditions is suitable. Thank you so much!

Cheers

On 30/06/2020 19:01, Aaron Dotter wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> Here is a thread from 2018 with some suggestions for how to stop at 
> the RGB tip.
>
> https://lists.mesastar.org/pipermail/mesa-users/2018-November/009579.html
>
> Depending on what you mean by 'just after', these suggestions may be 
> relevant as the peak in central He burning luminosity generally 
> coincides with a slight reduction in surface luminosity.  I.e., the 
> model has just passed the "RGB tip" and is on its way down to the 
> "horizontal branch" or "red clump".
>
> If you want a different answer, then you'll need to carefully define 
> 'just after RGB tip'.
>
> Cheers,
> Aaron
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 12:07 PM Adrian Ayala <aayala at iaa.es 
> <mailto:aayala at iaa.es>> wrote:
>
>     Dear Aaron,
>
>     I am using Debian10,mesa-r10108.
>
>     My question is: which is the best stop condition to stop 1 mass
>     solar model just after RGB tip?
>
>     Thank so much in advance.
>
>     Best wishes,
>
>     Adrián
>
>     my question is
>
>     On 30/06/2020 17:16, Aaron Dotter wrote:
>>     Adrián,
>>
>>     Your question is not clear and you have not provided enough
>>     information for us to help you.
>>
>>     Please try to ask a specific question and provide enough details
>>     that we can understand.
>>
>>     See
>>     http://mesa.sourceforge.net/troubleshooting.html#post-a-question-to-mesa-users
>>
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>     Aaron
>>
>>     On Tue, Jun 30, 2020 at 11:10 AM Adrian Ayala <aayala at iaa.es
>>     <mailto:aayala at iaa.es>> wrote:
>>
>>         Hi!
>>
>>         I am trying to evolve a 1 solar mass model up to the start of
>>         the HB
>>         (horizontal branch phase) after the RGB tip. I tried the stop
>>         condition
>>         related to the central He mass abundance:
>>
>>         ! stop passed horizontal branch
>>              HB_limit = 0.95d0
>>
>>
>>           I found very dramatic differences between mesa12 and 10
>>         versions. In
>>         the second, the simulation lasted almost twice.
>>
>>         Should I use another stop criterion in MESA 10 to end just
>>         before HB?
>>         Please, find the inlist_project file in attach.
>>
>>         Best wishes,
>>
>>         Adrián.
>>
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