[Mesa-users] mass loss for the evolution of massive stars

[Jing-Ze Ma]

Hi Hao,


The wind mass-loss schemes available in MESA are briefly described here:
https://docs.mesastar.org/en/release-r21.12.1/reference/controls.html#mass-gain-or-loss

You can change the wind schemes in the controls section of your inlists.


One of the commonly used prescriptions for massive stars in MESA is the 'Dutch' wind scheme, which is also described in the link above. However, it's by no means a truly accurate prescription (see, e.g., a recent review by Jorick Vink: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021arXiv210908164V/abstract). It'd be better to leave it to you to decide which of the schemes are more appropriate for your particular application.


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The “Dutch” wind scheme for massive stars combines results from several papers, all with authors mostly from the Netherlands. The particular combination we use is based on Glebbeek, E., et al, A&A 497, 255-264 (2009) [more Dutch authors!] For Teff > 1e4 and surface H > 0.4 by mass, use Vink et al 2001. For Teff > 1e4 and surface H < 0.4 by mass, use Nugis & Lamers 2000. For Teff < 1e4, use Dutch_wind_lowT_scheme.

Hope this helps,
Jing-Ze

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Dear mesa users,




I am currently evolving massive stars, and I want to know what wind losses are commonly used for the evolution of massive stars. The version of MESA I used was 12115.




Thanks a lot

wanghao
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