[Mesa-users] Turn off binary interactions

[Wolf, William M]

Hi Levi,

Could you just stop the run when their masses are equal, save the models, and then run independent simulations in star? It seems you no longer have need of the binary module beyond that point.

Regards,

Bill Wolf

From: Mesa-users <mesa-users-bounces at lists.mesastar.org> on behalf of Levi via Mesa-users <mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org>
Date: Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 11:59 PM
To: mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org <mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org>
Subject: [Mesa-users] Turn off binary interactions
Hi all,

   I am writing to seek assistance with aspects related to the double_BH module in the MESA. I want the model to halt any binary interactions when m1 and m2 have equal mass and allow them to evolve as two independently stars. Initially, I set b%ignore_rlof = false, but it appears to be insufficient. What other conditions should I configure?
   The specific code is as follows：
         if (b% rl_relative_gap(1) > 0 .and. b% rl_relative_gap(2) > 0 .and. &
         log10(abs(b% mtransfer_rate)/Msun*secyer) > -40 .and. b% m(b% a_i) > b% m(b% d_i)) then
            b% ignore_rlof = .true.
         endif
Thank you for your time and consideration.

Best regards,
Levi
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