[Mesa-users] Small timesteps in binary evolution towards LMXB formation

[Ndiogou Niang]

Thank you very much for your reply.
I am still working on the adjustments but I will figure it out.

On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 8:08 PM Ebraheem Farag <ekfarag at asu.edu> wrote:

> Hello Ndiogou,
>
> Your inlists are pretty barebones. You might need to add some additional
> inlist options from something like
> $MESA_DIR/star/test_suite/20M_pre_ms_to_core_collapse to get your model to
> get that 13 Msun model past Oxygen burning.
>
> Timesteps, op_split_burn, probably turning on hydro (v_flag) for core
> collapse. See 'inlist_common' and 'inlist_to_cc' in
> $MESA_DIR/star/test_suite/20M_pre_ms_to_core_collapse.
>
> -EbF
>
> On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 9:27 AM Ndiogou Niang via Mesa-users <
> mesa-users at lists.mesastar.org> wrote:
>
>> Dear MESA users,
>>
>> I am evolving a 13 M_sun with a 1.6 M_sun system in
>> .../binary/test_suite/evolve_both_stars, hoping to simulate the formation
>> of a low mass X-ray binary.
>> However, I keep getting small timesteps (down to log dt < -8 ). The
>> timesteps starts to decrease following the burning of Oxygen.
>> I am attaching the inlists as well as a file showing the last line of the
>> terminal before the run stopped.
>>
>> I would really appreciate it if I could receive some guidance on this
>> problem.
>> Thank you.
>> Regards
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Ndiogou NIANG *
>> *Physics, PhD Candidate*
>>
>> *Faculty of Engineering and Natural SciencesSabancı University*
>> *Istanbul, Turkey*
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*Ndiogou NIANG *
*Physics, PhD Candidate*

*Faculty of Engineering and Natural SciencesSabancı University*
*Istanbul, Turkey*
*+90 536 918 06 92*
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