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Module#

star91 examples colors10 examples rsp9 examples astero8 examples binary8 examples gyre8 examples kap7 examples net3 examples adipls2 examples atm2 examples eos2 examples rates2 examples stella1 example

Stellar objects and phases#

low-mass26 examples main-sequence21 examples massive-star18 examples white-dwarf14 examples intermediate-mass12 examples pre-main-sequence11 examples carbon-oxygen-white-dwarf8 examples compact-remnant6 examples convective-core6 examples core-collapse5 examples full-evolution5 examples low-metallicity5 examples neutron-star5 examples very-massive-star5 examples white-dwarf-cooling5 examples agb4 examples neutron-star-envelope4 examples envelope-stripping3 examples oxygen-neon-white-dwarf3 examples black-hole2 examples helium-star2 examples helium-white-dwarf2 examples high-metallicity2 examples hot-subdwarf2 examples irradiated-planet2 examples pair-instability2 examples planetary-cooling2 examples solar-model2 examples stellar-envelope2 examples supernova2 examples accretion-induced-collapse1 example breathing-pulses1 example brown-dwarf1 example brown-dwarf-cooling1 example carbon-composition1 example carbon-oxygen-mixture1 example carbon-rich1 example chandrashekhar-mass1 example core-envelope-planet1 example helium-depletion1 example horizontal-branch1 example hydrogen-deficient1 example hydrogen-depletion1 example ifmr1 example iron-envelope1 example kelvin-helmholtz-contraction1 example nova1 example pair-instability-supernova1 example planetary-mass-object1 example pre-supernova1 example pulsational-pair-instability1 example r-crb-star1 example red-supergiant1 example stripped-envelope1 example thorne-zytkow-object1 example type-ia-progenitor1 example type-iip-supernova1 example very-low-mass1 example wolf-rayet1 example zero-metallicity1 example

Physics#

accretion12 examples core-helium-burning12 examples element-diffusion10 examples rotation10 examples angular-momentum9 examples carbon-burning8 examples mass-loss8 examples opacity5 examples eddington4 examples silicon-burning4 examples stellar-winds4 examples thermonuclear-runaway4 examples hydrogen-burning3 examples magnetic-field3 examples shell-burning3 examples atmosphere2 examples carbon-flame2 examples conservation2 examples core-hydrogen-burning2 examples critical-rotation2 examples equation-of-state2 examples helium-burning2 examples helium-flash2 examples hydrodynamics2 examples irradiation2 examples stable-hydrogen-burning2 examples thermohaline2 examples c13-pocket1 example carbon-flash1 example carbon-ignition1 example conductive-flame1 example cool-wind1 example deflagration1 example dynamo1 example electron-capture1 example explosive-burning1 example flame-speed1 example gravitational-settling1 example gravity-darkening1 example helium-shell-ignition1 example hot-wind1 example hydrostatic-equilibrium1 example inward-flame1 example magnetic-braking1 example nucleosynthesis1 example off-center-burning1 example oxygen-burning1 example radiative-gradient1 example radiative-levitation1 example rayleigh-taylor-mixing1 example s-process1 example spruit-tayler-dynamo1 example stability1 example starspots1 example thermal-pulse1 example triple-alpha1 example

Pulsation and variability#

asteroseismology11 examples radial-pulsation9 examples nonlinear-pulsation6 examples cepheid5 examples frequency-matching4 examples p-mode4 examples instability-strip3 examples seismic-constraints3 examples blue-loop2 examples g-mode2 examples helioseismology2 examples linear-analysis2 examples nonradial-pulsation2 examples bep1 example beta-cephei1 example bl-her1 example blap1 example chaotic-pulsation1 example classical-cepheid1 example delta-scuti1 example fgong1 example period-search1 example pulsation-output1 example rr-lyrae1 example second-crossing1 example spb1 example surface-corrections1 example type-ii-cepheid1 example

Binaries#

roche-lobe-overflow7 examples mass-transfer6 examples point-mass6 examples binary-evolution3 examples orbital-angular-momentum3 examples tidal-synchronization2 examples black-hole-accretion1 example black-hole-binary1 example chemically-homogeneous-evolution1 example common-envelope1 example contact-binary1 example dual-star-evolution1 example explicit-mdot1 example gravitational-waves1 example high-mass-x-ray-binary1 example tides1 example wind-accretion1 example

Numerical methods#

nuclear-network3 examples overshooting3 examples predictive-mixing3 examples composition2 examples convective-boundary-mixing2 examples convective-premixing2 examples ledoux-criterion2 examples op-mono2 examples semiconvection2 examples surface-boundary-condition2 examples t-tau-relation2 examples adaptive-network1 example aesopus1 example big-net1 example brunt-profile1 example burner-substeps1 example convective-penetration1 example custom-opacity1 example custom-rates1 example energy-conservation1 example entropy1 example hllc1 example mesh-controls1 example partial-mixing-zone1 example relaxation1 example riemann-solver1 example small-timesteps1 example split-burn1 example timestep-controls1 example type2-opacity1 example

Workflows#

create-initial-model3 examples zams3 examples analytic-check2 examples prebuilt-model2 examples checksums1 example counters1 example custom-physics-hooks1 example forced-redo1 example map-output1 example null-test1 example performance1 example photo-restart1 example redo1 example relax-initial-mass1 example restart1 example save-load1 example timing1 example twin-studies1 example

Optimization#

optimization6 examples chi-squared5 examples synthetic-data4 examples simplex2 examples solar-calibration2 examples custom-parameters1 example custom-variables1 example file-input1 example from-file-search1 example grid-search1 example newuoa1 example spectroscopic-constraints1 example

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