[Mesa-users] Modeling a sub-Saturn planet using MESA

Evan Bauer evan.bauer.astro at gmail.com
Mon Mar 18 21:24:50 UTC 2024


Hi Jiapeng,

Could you also send the inlists that worked for you in r11532? It would be helpful to make sure we can start with a baseline of what worked in a previous MESA version. Thanks!

Cheers,
Evan

> On Mar 18, 2024, at 2:59 PM, Frank Timmes via Mesa-users <mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
> 
> hi jiapeng,
> 
> i'll confirm that that the make_planets test suite case in r24.03.1 has difficulties below about 0.28 m_jup. its being looked at.
> 
> fxt
> 
> 
> 
>> On Mar 12, 2024, at 11:47 AM, Gao, Jiapeng via Mesa-users <mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello,
>>  
>> My name is Jiapeng Gao, and I'm a first year graduate student. I'm 
>> trying to simulate planet models using MESA, and I'm having the 
>> following problems:
>>  
>>  
>> 1. I am trying to use the "make_planets" test case in the MESA r23.05.1 
>> test suite to model a planet of 0.2 Jupiter mass. However, I'm having 
>> trouble creating the initial model. I get the following error message: 
>> "failed in kap_get get_kap_from_rhoT, temp too low in integration". It 
>> seems to work with MESA r11532, where I can create a 0.2 M_J planet with 
>> 1 Jupiter radius. I'm not sure how I could modify r23.05.1 to fix the 
>> problem.
>>  
>>  
>> 2. I noticed that for my simulation using MESA r11532, the planet radius 
>> can only shrink to around 0.8 R_J at ~10Gyr, then the program stops and 
>> reports: “dt 1.9D-23, min_timestep_limit 9.9 D-21, stopping because of 
>> problems dt < min_timestep_limit, terminated evolution: cannot find 
>> acceptable model, termination code: min_timestep_limit”. I'm not sure 
>> what would be the best way to troubleshoot it.
>>  
>> I included my inlists below. Thank you very much for your guidance!
>>  
>> Sincerely,
>>  
>>  
>> Jiapeng Gao
>> ———————————MESA r23.05.1 inlist_create———————————————————
>>  
>> ! inlist_create
>>  
>> &star_job
>>  
>>  
>>       show_log_description_at_start = .false.
>>  
>>       save_model_when_terminate = .true.
>>       save_model_filename = "planet_create_0.9685_MJ_2.0_RJ.mod"
>>       required_termination_code_string = 'max_age'
>>       
>>       ! new adiabatic, contracting initial model
>>       create_initial_model = .true.
>>       radius_in_cm_for_create_initial_model = 6991100000.d0 ! in cm
>>       mass_in_gm_for_create_initial_model = 3.6778d29 ! in grams
>>       initial_model_relax_num_steps = 0
>>       set_initial_age = .true.
>>       initial_age = 0.d0 ! in years
>>       
>>       !pgstar_flag = .true.
>>  
>> / !end of star_job
>>  
>>  
>> &eos
>> / ! end of eos namelist
>>  
>>  
>> &kap
>>    Zbase = 0.02d0
>>  
>>       kap_file_prefix = 'gs98'
>>       kap_lowT_prefix = 'lowT_Freedman11'
>>  
>> / ! end of kap namelist
>>  
>> &controls
>>  
>>    use_gold2_tolerances = .false. ! wait a few steps
>>    steps_before_use_gold2_tolerances = 31
>>       
>>    warning_limit_for_max_residual = 1d99 ! off until evolve
>>    warn_when_large_virial_thm_rel_err = 1d99 ! off until evolve
>>  
>>    limit_for_rel_error_in_energy_conservation = 1d-5
>>    hard_limit_for_rel_error_in_energy_conservation = 1d-3
>>       
>>    convergence_ignore_equL_residuals = .true.
>>  
>>       ! limit max_model_number as part of test_suite
>>    max_model_number = 200
>>  
>> ! for create_initial_model
>> initial_Z = 0.02d0
>> initial_Y = 0.24d0
>>  
>>  
>> ! when to stop
>>    max_age = 50
>>  
>> ! knobs
>> T_mix_limit = 0d0
>>  
>>    max_resid_jump_limit = 1d18
>>    max_corr_jump_limit = 1d18
>>  
>> ! output to files and terminal
>> max_num_profile_models=1000
>>  
>> photo_interval = 50
>> profile_interval = 50
>> history_interval = 1
>> terminal_interval = 10
>> write_header_frequency = 10
>>  
>> /
>>  
>>  
>> &pgstar
>>          
>>       ! top level controls
>>  
>>          !pause = .true. 
>>             ! if true, the code waits for user to enter a RETURN on the command line
>>       
>>  
>>  
>> / ! end of pgstar namelist
>>  
>> --------------------------MESA r11532 inlist_evolve -------------------------------
>>  
>> ! inlist_evolve
>>  
>> &star_job
>>  
>>       mesa_dir = '/home/jiapeng/Downloads/mesa-r11532'
>>  
>>       show_log_description_at_start = .false.
>>  
>>       load_saved_model = .true.
>>       saved_model_name = "planet_core_1.0_MJ_10.0_ME_2.0_RJ.mod"
>>  
>>       save_model_when_terminate = .true.
>>       save_model_filename = "planet_evolve_1.0_MJ_10.0_ME_2.0_RJ.mod"
>>       required_termination_code_string = 'max_age'
>>  
>>       set_initial_cumulative_energy_error = .true.
>>       new_cumulative_energy_error = 0d0
>>       
>>       !relax_initial_L_center = .true.
>>       !new_L_center = 4.46863d28 ! ergs/sec
>>       !dlgL_per_step = 5d-3
>>       !relax_L_center_dt = 8.1558149984d1 ! secyer*1d-6
>>  
>>       eos_file_prefix = 'mesa'
>>       kappa_file_prefix = 'gs98'
>>       kappa_lowT_prefix = 'lowT_Freedman11'
>>       
>>       !set_tau_factor = .true.
>>       !set_to_this_tau_factor=100
>>  
>>       change_lnPgas_flag = .true.
>>       new_lnPgas_flag = .true.
>>       
>>       !pgstar_flag = .true.
>>  
>> / !end of star_job
>>  
>> &controls
>>       use_gold_tolerances = .true.
>>       use_eosDT2 = .true.
>>       use_eosELM = .true.
>>       logQ_limit = 1d99
>>       
>>       min_timestep_limit = 1d-20
>>  
>>       warn_when_large_virial_thm_rel_err = 5d-2
>>  
>>       use_dedt_form_of_energy_eqn = .true.
>>       min_cell_energy_fraction_for_dedt_form = 1d-8
>>  
>>       num_trace_history_values = 2
>>       trace_history_value_name(1) = 'rel_E_err'
>>       trace_history_value_name(2) = 'log_rel_run_E_err'
>>  
>>       ! check for retries and backups as part of test_suite
>>          max_number_backups = 200
>>          max_number_retries = 200
>>          max_model_number = 3500
>>  
>>  
>>                 ! surface heating
>>                 ! column_depth_for_irradiation = 300.d0 ! 3.d2 cm^2/g
>>         ! irradiation_flux = 6.2d8 ! 1.d9 erg/cm^2/s ! day side flux!!! Bill puts in 1/4 by hand
>>  
>>                 ! interior heating
>>                 !inject_uniform_extra_heat = 0.00052
>>                 !min_q_for_uniform_extra_heat = 0.0705882
>>                 !max_q_for_uniform_extra_heat = 0.1
>>                 !inject_extra_ergs_sec=4.46863d29
>>                 !base_of_inject_extra_ergs_sec=0.0
>>                 !total_mass_for_inject_extra_ergs_sec=0.00009
>>  
>>                 ! when to stop
>>                 max_age = 100000000000.d0 ! 1.d10
>>                 Teff_lower_limit = 10.d0
>>  
>>                 ! knobs
>>                 !use_lnE_for_eps_grav = .false.
>>                 T_mix_limit = 0
>>       
>>  
>>                 ! output to files and terminal
>>                 photo_interval = 50
>>                 profile_interval = 50
>>                 max_num_profile_models=1000
>>                 history_interval = 2
>>                 terminal_interval = 10
>>                 write_header_frequency = 10
>>  
>>  
>>       !photo_interval = 10
>>       !profile_interval = 10
>>       !history_interval = 1
>>       !terminal_interval = 1
>>       
>>  
>> ! FOR DEBUGGING
>>  
>>       !report_hydro_solver_progress = .true. ! set true to see info about newton iterations
>>       !report_ierr = .true. ! if true, produce terminal output when have some internal error
>>       !hydro_show_correction_info = .true.
>>  
>>       ! hydro debugging
>>       !hydro_check_everything = .true.
>>       !hydro_inspectB_flag = .true.
>>       !hydro_sizequ_flag = .true.
>>       
>>       !hydro_get_a_numerical_partial = 1d-4
>>       !hydro_test_partials_k = 1
>>       !hydro_numerical_jacobian = .true.
>>       !hydro_save_numjac_plot_data = .true.
>>       !hydro_dump_call_number = 195
>>       !hydro_dump_iter_number = 5
>>       !hydro_epsder_struct = 1d-6
>>       !hydro_epsder_chem = 1d-6
>>  
>>       !fill_arrays_with_NaNs = .true.
>>       !stop_for_NaNs = .true.
>>       
>>       !max_years_for_timestep = 3.67628942044319d-05
>>  
>>       !report_why_dt_limits = .true.
>>       !report_all_dt_limits = .true.
>>       !report_hydro_dt_info = .true.
>>       
>>       !show_mesh_changes = .true.
>>       !mesh_dump_call_number = 5189
>>       !okay_to_remesh = .false.
>>       
>>       !trace_evolve = .true.
>>  
>>       !trace_newton_bcyclic_solve_input = .true. ! input is "B" j k iter B(j,k)
>>       !trace_newton_bcyclic_solve_output = .true. ! output is "X" j k iter X(j,k)
>>  
>>       !trace_newton_bcyclic_matrix_input = .true.
>>       !trace_newton_bcyclic_matrix_output = .true.
>>       
>>       !trace_newton_bcyclic_steplo = 1 ! 1st model number to trace
>>       !trace_newton_bcyclic_stephi = 1 ! last model number to trace
>>       
>>       !trace_newton_bcyclic_iterlo = 2 ! 1st newton iter to trace
>>       !trace_newton_bcyclic_iterhi = 2 ! last newton iter to trace
>>       
>>       !trace_newton_bcyclic_nzlo = 1 ! 1st cell to trace
>>       !trace_newton_bcyclic_nzhi = 10000 ! last cell to trace; if < 0, then use nz as nzhi
>>       
>>       !trace_newton_bcyclic_jlo = 1 ! 1st var to trace
>>       !trace_newton_bcyclic_jhi = 100 ! last var to trace; if < 0, then use nvar as jhi
>>       
>>       !trace_k = 0
>>  
>> /
>>  
>>  
>> &pgstar
>>          
>>       ! top level controls
>>  
>>          !pause = .true. 
>>             ! if true, the code waits for user to enter a RETURN on the command line
>>       
>>  
>>  
>> / ! end of pgstar namelist
>>  
>>  
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