[Mesa-users] initial rotational velocity

Francis Timmes fxt44 at mac.com
Thu Apr 22 19:55:41 UTC 2021


hi amedeo,

for initial values, yes.

https://docs.mesastar.org/en/latest/reference/star_job.html#new-surface-rotation-v-0-km-sec-1

fxt




> On Apr 22, 2021, at 1:29 AM, Amedeo Romagnolo via Mesa-users <mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Silly question: is there a way to set the initial rotational velocity of the star?
> I found in star_job.defaults the part:
> 
>     new_surface_rotation_v = 0
>     set_surface_rotation_v = .false.
>     set_initial_surface_rotation_v = .false.
> 
> Do I have to just set the first parameter to the velocity I want and then change the last one to .true.?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Amedeo
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