other_physics_hooks

This test case exercises several of the other_* physics hooks simultaneously in a 1 Msun, Z=0.02 metallicity, model. It provides an example of how to include your own physics code into a MESA run.

This test case has 1 part. Click to see a larger version of a plot.

  • Part 1 (inlist_other_physics_hooks_header) and its signficant src directory first loads a prebuilt 1 Msun, Z=0.02 metallicity, zero age main sequence model (see data/star_data/zams_models/zams_z2m2_y28.data for such ZAMS models). A careful examination of the run_star_extras.f90 is warranted and rewarding – also see the Extending MESA tutorial. The hooks other_kap, other_eos, other_screening, overshoot_dbl_exp, other_wind, other_mesh_functions, and other_timestep are activated. Some, such as other_eos, simply use the default module. Others, such as other_wind, implement different physics. Some information about their use is reported in the terminal as the model evolves toward its termination when the hydrogen mass fractions drops below 0.25 :
read inlist_other_physics_hooks
read_inlist_overshoot_dbl_exp
read_inlist_other_timestep_limit
read_inlist_other_winds
read_inlist_xtrans_mesh_factor

use Kudritzki wind

set_other_timestep retry because of timestep limit check_rotation_steps_limit      29

set_other_timestep retry because of timestep limit check_dlgT_change      31
../_images/trho_000158.svg

pgstar commands used for the plot above:

&pgstar

 file_white_on_black_flag = .true. ! white_on_black flags -- true means white foreground color on black background
 !file_device = 'png'            ! png
 !file_extension = 'png'

 file_device = 'vcps'          ! postscript
 file_extension = 'ps'

 pgstar_interval = 10

TRho_Profile_win_flag = .true.
TRho_Profile_win_width = 10
TRho_Profile_win_aspect_ratio = 0.75 ! aspect_ratio = height/width

TRho_Profile_txt_scale = 1.0
TRho_Profile_title = 'other_physics_hooks'

show_TRho_Profile_legend = .true.
TRho_Profile_legend_coord = 0.07
TRho_Profile_legend_fjust = 0.0
TRho_Profile_legend_disp1 = -2.0
TRho_Profile_legend_del_disp = -1.3

show_TRho_Profile_eos_regions = .true.
show_TRho_Profile_burn_lines = .true.
show_TRho_Profile_burn_labels = .true.
show_TRho_Profile_degeneracy_line = .false.
show_TRho_Profile_Pgas_Prad_line = .false.

TRho_Profile_xmin = -7.0
TRho_Profile_xmax = 3.0
TRho_Profile_ymin = 3.5
TRho_Profile_ymax = 7.5

show_TRho_Profile_mass_locs = .true.
num_profile_mass_points = 4

profile_mass_point_q(1) = 0.10
profile_mass_point_color_index(1) = 1
profile_mass_point_symbol(1) = -6
profile_mass_point_symbol_scale(1) = 1.0
profile_mass_point_str(1) = '  q=0.10'
profile_mass_point_str_clr(1) = 1
profile_mass_point_str_scale(1) = 0.8

profile_mass_point_q(2) = 0.5
profile_mass_point_color_index(2) = 1
profile_mass_point_symbol(2) = -6
profile_mass_point_symbol_scale(2) = 1.0
profile_mass_point_str(2) = '  q=0.5'
profile_mass_point_str_clr(2) = 1
profile_mass_point_str_scale(2) = 0.8

profile_mass_point_q(3) = 0.75
profile_mass_point_color_index(3) = 1
profile_mass_point_symbol(3) = -6
profile_mass_point_symbol_scale(3) = 1.0
profile_mass_point_str(3) = '  q=0.75'
profile_mass_point_str_clr(3) = 1
profile_mass_point_str_scale(3) = 0.8

profile_mass_point_q(4) = 0.99
profile_mass_point_color_index(4) = 1
profile_mass_point_symbol(4) = -6
profile_mass_point_symbol_scale(4) = 1.0
profile_mass_point_str(4) = '  q=0.99'
profile_mass_point_str_clr(4) = 1
profile_mass_point_str_scale(4) = 0.8

TRho_Profile_file_flag = .true.
TRho_Profile_file_dir = 'pgstar_out'
TRho_Profile_file_prefix = 'trho_'
TRho_Profile_file_interval = 10000
TRho_Profile_file_width = 16
TRho_Profile_file_aspect_ratio = -1

/ ! end of pgstar namelist

Last-Updated: 24Jun2021 (MESA e2acbc2) by fxt.