[Mesa-users] Li depletion due to thermohaline mixing

[Marc Pinsonneault]

Try a slightly higher mass. For low enough mass there can be direct nuclear
burning of Li in the convective envelope, which will induce a signal like
the one you're describing.

cheers

Marc PInsonneault

On Thu, Nov 17, 2022 at 3:55 PM Debasish Dutta via Mesa-users <
mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> I am fairly new to MESA and I am trying to see the surface Li depletion in
> the RGB phase in low mass stars due to thermohaline mixing. I used the
> 1M_pre_ms_to_wd test suite and accordingly made the necessary changes to
> incorporate thermohaline mixing. However, I am not getting the desired
> result. I could see some further depletion, but it occurs as an overall
> depletion and not in stages (like first due to the FDU and then due to
> thermohaline mixing; I should have seen Li depletion in two stages).  I
> have attached my inslists.
>
> Thanks and regards
> Debasish
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