MESA models and inlists and GYRE inlists for "Evaluating the Pulsation Hypothesis for Supersoft X-ray Oscillations"
Year: 2026
Type: dataset
Abstract: The tarball provided here contains the models and inlists used in the paper "Evaluating the Pulsation Hypothesis for Supersoft X-ray Oscillations", which has been submitted for publication to ApJ. The topmost directories are `wolf2018` and `wd_builder`. The `wolf2018` directory contains the starting MESA model (i.e. .mod), inlist, and run_star_extras files for the 1.3 solar-mass white dwarf model used in Wolf et al (2018, ApJ 855 127). The MESA version used was 9575. It also contains the GYRE inlist, named `template_gyre.in`, that was used with GYRE version 8.0 for the pulsation analysis. The directory `wd_builder` contains subdirectories for each of white dwarf models used in the paper that were constructed with the wd_builder tool, which can be found in the mesa-contrib repository (https://github.com/MESAHub/mesa-contrib). Each subdirectory is named with the model's mass, core composition, mass loss rate, and metallicity. For example, the directory `m1p30_coreCO_mdot1p00e-09_z0p02` contains the files for the nova model with a 1.3 solar-mass, CO core white dwarf, with a mass loss rate of 1e-9, and a metallicity of 0.02. Each of these directories contain a starting MESA model file, MESA inlists, and a run_star_extras file for reproducing the data. They also contain a GYRE inlist, labeled `template_gyre.in`, for the pulsation analysis with GYRE version 8.0. Finally, the also contain a spec.json file with some basic information about the model, including the mass, metallicity, core composition, mass-loss rate, MESA version used (which is 24.08.1 for all models), and the date the model was created. The one exception to the naming scheme is the directory `m1p30_coreCO_mdot1p00e-09_z0p02_2018_sss_definition_peak_burning`, which has a modified run_star_extras to output GYRE-compatible model files during the period of peak burning. For the `wd_builder` models, MESA was run with version 26.6.1 of the SDK on Macos 26. GYRE was run with version 26.3.2 of the MESA SDK on Linux Mint 22.3.
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7223864332