From 923c6af34bc5dc6b8fce9e05c25beedfecb7c71f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: julia-haynes Date: Thu, 5 Mar 2026 22:12:12 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] T_eff,crit is distinct from T_* in Sander et al. 2023 Eq. 1, which is defined at a Rosseland continuum optical depth of 20. --- src/BaseStar.cpp | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/BaseStar.cpp b/src/BaseStar.cpp index 629eb6703..961f25a65 100755 --- a/src/BaseStar.cpp +++ b/src/BaseStar.cpp @@ -2328,8 +2328,8 @@ double BaseStar::CalculateMassLossRateWolfRayetSanderVink2020(const double p_Mu) * as a function of effective temperature, according to the * prescription of Sander et al. 2023 (https://arxiv.org/abs/2301.01785) * - * Use the correction given in Eq. 18, with the effective temperature - * (what they refer to as T_\star in Eq. 1) as T_eff,crit + * Use the correction given in Eq. 18, with the stellar effective temperature used * as a proxy for T_eff,crit (the effective temperature at + * temperature at the critical/sonic point). Using T_eff as a proxy for T_eff,crit introduces a small approximation. * * * double CalculateMassLossRateWolfRayetTemperatureCorrectionSander2023(const double p_Mdot)