Authors
Desmond Grossman
Dr.
Paul Beck
Date and time
5 Nov 2025 - 09:30 Europe/London
Address
Aula
Talk language
English
Serie number
24
Description
Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA) is one of the most widely used open-source code packages to compute one-dimensional models for stellar structure and evolution. The code includes state-of-the-art microphysics for equations of state, opacities, nuclear reaction networks, and element diffusion, and simulates the stellar evolution across a wide range of masses and evolutionary stages, from pre-main-sequence to advanced evolutionary stages.
This talk provides a basic introduction to general stellar evolution, and specifically MESA, its capabilities, limitations, and common use cases. It will include hands-on experience of installing MESA and using it to run (maybe your first) stellar evolution model on your own laptop, using MESA and working with the data products