From ba446f786c200cb1f974e92d161a8383f924afad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Zingale Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2023 09:26:38 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] add a README.md to massive_star --- Exec/science/massive_star/README.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 Exec/science/massive_star/README.md diff --git a/Exec/science/massive_star/README.md b/Exec/science/massive_star/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..161dee60ab --- /dev/null +++ b/Exec/science/massive_star/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +# massive star + +This setup models the convective burning shells in a massive star +leading up to core collapse. Some details: + +* The initial model is from MESA and is put onto a uniform grid using + the routines in the AMReX Astrophysics initial model repo + (https://github.com/amrex-astro/initial_models) in the + ``massive_star`` directory. + +* We use simplified-SDC together with aprox19 and an NSE table + (generated from pynucastro) + +* The Castro ``drive_initial_convection`` functionality is used to + establish the initial convective velocity field.