[Mesa-users] Requesting help with binary core-collapse modeling

[Mandal, Soham (uqa7ur)]

Hello!

I am trying to model a massive binary system (mass >10M_sun for both stars) using MESA-r24.08.1. The system evolves only till about 15-16 Myrs and then the solver fails. This is around the time when He is depleted from the donor star and C burning is underway. I need to take the system beyond C burning (of the donor star) and right up to Si burning (of the donor star), so that the donor star model can then be exploded as in the star/test_suite/ccsn example. Can you please advice on how to proceed? I have attached a copy of my inlists for reference. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Soham

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Dr. Soham Mandal
VITA postdoctoral research fellow
Department of Astronomy
University of Virginia
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