[Mesa-users] Overshooting in massive stars

Jelena Petrović jpetrovic at aob.rs
Tue Sep 1 12:38:19 EDT 2020


Hi Anne,

Thank you for your fast answer!
I am using 10398 release, where could I find overshooting info for that?

Many thanks,
Jelena


On 2020-09-01 18:32, Anne Thoul wrote:
> Hi Jelena
> 
> Indeed this is not enough to turn on overshooting in MESA.
> The controls to use depend on which version of mesa you are using, as
> they have been changed recently.
> Please see the latest release notes
> https://lists.mesastar.org/pipermail/mesa-users/2020-March/011168.html
> You will find there some examples of controls you can use for
> overshooting, and it will point you to some examples in the
> test_suite.
> 
> I hope this helps
> 
> Anne
> 
> 
> 
>> Le 1 sept. 2020 à 18:06, Jelena Petrović <jpetrovic at aob.rs> a écrit :
>> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> I am calculating binary models of massive stars, above 30 Ms, and I am 
>> trying to include semiconvection, thermohaline mixing and 
>> overshooting.
>> This is what I have added in inlist1 and inlist 2:
>> 
>>      use_Ledoux_criterion = .true.
>>      alpha_semiconvection = 0.1
>>      thermohaline_coeff = 0.5
>>      overshoot_alpha = 0.1
>> 
>> It seems that overshooting is not added, so I am wondering if I should 
>> add something more?
>> 
>> Many thanks,
>> Jelena
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