Stellar evolution models with the MESA code
Antonio García Hernández, João P. Faria
CAUP
Note that these will be hands-on classes, so you'll need to bring along your laptop.
Session 1: Installing and running MESA: modelling the Sun
26 March 2014
Session 2: Managing MESA: two other examples, 16 Cyg-A (solar-type star) and FG Vir (δ Scuti star)27 March 2014
We will discuss and practice these points among others:
- Starting from ZAMS or pre-MS
- Stopping conditions
- Showing and saving default plots
- Selecting and working with the outputs
- Computing pulsating frequencies with ADIPLS and Gyre (if we have time)
Session 3: Red-handed: “Tuning” the inlist file (input of MESA) and modifying the code28 March 2014
Some of the topics that will be treated are:
- Including custom stopping conditions
- Creating your own plotting panel
- Including new info in the output files (history files)
- Running Gyre without stopping MESA
- Fixing the time-step and other small stuffs
