Heterogeneous Giant Planet Thermal Evolution with MESA

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Jan 2012

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2012aas...21922801m&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #219, #228.01

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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The MESA code, designed primarily at the KITP at UC Santa Barbara by Bill Paxton, provides a set of independent modules primarily designed
to perform stellar evolution calculations. We present an adapted version of MESA for the purpose of giant planet heterogeneous thermal evolution calculations. This is of particular interest for the modeling of giant planet thermal evolution in the face of core erosion or helium rain processes, since strong composition gradients can be encountered in these cases. MESA modules have been created or modified to describe the equation of state of mixtures of hydrogen, helium, and heavy elements (using ANEOS), to utilize an atmospheric boundary condition including strong incident stellar fluxes, to include relevant low-temperature atmospheric opacities, and modified mixing processes.

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