Re: [mesa-users] time evolution of convective zone

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

Hi Brian,

Early in the life of a 1 Msun, Z=0.02 star, there is a short period of central convection.
You might explore a bit to see what is going on with the burning at that time.

Cheers,
Bill




On Dec 7, 2013, at 10:36 AM, Brian Jackson wrote:

> Dear MESA Users,
> I have a question about the time evolution of the stellar convective
> zone. I have attached the inlist files I used to generate the model
> and a plot of the conv_mx1_bot variable output in the history file.
> 
> Why does the bottom of the convective zone drop to the innermost
> regions of the star at a few 10s of Myrs? A similar drop occurs for
> the top of the convective zone, conv_mx1_top. At the same time, the
> conv_mx2_bot/top variables undergo a large increase, similar in
> magnitude to the drop for the mx1 variables.
> 
> As part of a project, I'd like to follow the convective zone's
> evolution, and this strange drop makes it difficult to use the MESA
> output. Any suggestions or input would be appreciated.
> 
> Thanks,
> Brian Jackson
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