Re: mesa-users] How to evolve a sequence of binaries ?

[Bill P. <pa...@ki...>]

On Nov 3, 2010, at 12:31 PM, Alessandro Patruno wrote:
> 
> I need to evolve a grid of binaries, with different donor and accretor masses (from 0.4 to 2 Msun) 
> and different orbital periods. 
> 
> Can you suggest me a way to do so ? 
> With the Eggleton code it was possible to set a initial and final parameter and the step-size
> of that parameter. 
> I see that something similar is used in the "create_zams" test suite, where you have the "mhi", "mlo" and 
> the mass step "dmass" in log units. 
> Is there something similar I can use for period, accretor and donor mass ? 
> 
> Many thanks !!
> 
> Ale

Hi Ale,

The mesa philosophy on this one is to give some examples, and then
rely on users to create their own "applications".   So you won't find exactly
what you are looking for, but as you mention, create_zams does something
similar.  Please do me the favor of trying to develop what you need using
create_zams as a template.  I'm happy to help you along with this -- and
then please write up some short notes about how to do it that can be added to
the mesa release for future users.

Thanks,
Bill