[Mesa-users] No He burning for tutorial M=0.81 star

[Josiah Schwab]

Hi Rich B.,


> A star with that mass will typically taken longer than a Hubble time to
> reach He ignition (if indeed that ever occurs). Can you try running without
> any max age setting, and see what happens?
>

Note that core He burning is expected to start (via a core He flash) when
the He core grows to about 0.47 Msun.   The He core in your plots was only
0.24 Msun, so this model still has a way to go before He ign is expected.
You should see the He core mass continuing to grow via H-shell burning as
you extend the run.

Josiah
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