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.. note:: This describes changes present in the development version of MESA (``main`` branch) relative to the most recent release.
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.. _New Features main:
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New Features
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White Dwarf C/O Phase Separation
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An option to include carbon-oxygen phase separation for crystallizing C/O white dwarfs is now available,
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using the phase diagram of `Blouin et al. (2021) <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021PhRvE.103d3204B/abstract>`_.
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The MESA implementation is described in `Bauer (2023) <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023arXiv230310110B/abstract>`_.
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More documentation and associated controls can be found at :ref:`reference/controls:do_phase_separation`.
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This option is off by default, but it is on in the ``wd_cool_0.6M`` test case.
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Hooks
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A new other_close_gaps hook has been added. Provided by Simon Guichandut
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Module enhancement: ``pgbinary``
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When running ``./binary`` models it is useful to have graphical
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output to 'see' what's going on.
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Previously, this was only possible on the ``pgstar`` level, meaning you would
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need to setup two ``pgstar`` windows if you are evolving two stars in the
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binary.
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Here we introduce ``pgbinary``, which acts much like ``pgstar``. You enable it
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with the ``&binary_job`` inlist with ``pgbinary_flag = .true.``. Then you
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select windows and/or files to be plotted in the ``&pgbinary`` inlist.
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Currently the following plot types can be created:
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* History_Track[1-9],
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* Summary_History,
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* History_Panels[1-9],
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* Text_Summary[1-9],
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* Grid[1-9],
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analogous to their ``pgstar`` equivalents, and two ``pgbinary``-only plots:
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* Star[1-2], to plot a star window through ``&pgstar`` controls, within ``pgbinary``.
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* Orbit, a visual representation of the stars' sizes to their separation
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Main use case is to have a single window containing both stars' ``pgstar`` info,
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through using ``Grid`` at the ``pgbinary`` level, populating it with ``Star1``
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and ``Star2``, and have each plot profile info, Kipp diagrams etc...
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Renamed controls for upper limits
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.. _New Features main:
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New Features
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White Dwarf C/O Phase Separation
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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An option to include carbon-oxygen phase separation for crystallizing C/O white dwarfs is now available,
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using the phase diagram of `Blouin et al. (2021) <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021PhRvE.103d3204B/abstract>`_.
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The MESA implementation is described in `Bauer (2023) <https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023arXiv230310110B/abstract>`_.
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More documentation and associated controls can be found at :ref:`reference/controls:do_phase_separation`.
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This option is off by default, but it is on in the ``wd_cool_0.6M`` test case.
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Module enhancement: ``pgbinary``
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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When running ``./binary`` models it is useful to have graphical
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output to 'see' what's going on.
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Previously, this was only possible on the ``pgstar`` level, meaning you would
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need to setup two ``pgstar`` windows if you are evolving two stars in the
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binary.
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Here we introduce ``pgbinary``, which acts much like ``pgstar``. You enable it
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with the ``&binary_job`` inlist with ``pgbinary_flag = .true.``. Then you
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select windows and/or files to be plotted in the ``&pgbinary`` inlist.
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Currently the following plot types can be created:
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* History_Track[1-9],
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* Summary_History,
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* History_Panels[1-9],
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* Text_Summary[1-9],
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* Grid[1-9],
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analogous to their ``pgstar`` equivalents, and two ``pgbinary``-only plots:
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* Star[1-2], to plot a star window through ``&pgstar`` controls, within ``pgbinary``.
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* Orbit, a visual representation of the stars' sizes to their separation
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Main use case is to have a single window containing both stars' ``pgstar`` info,
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through using ``Grid`` at the ``pgbinary`` level, populating it with ``Star1``
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and ``Star2``, and have each plot profile info, Kipp diagrams etc...
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A new other_close_gaps hook has been added. Provided by Simon Guichandut
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