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Further details for Baraffe (1998) alpha=1.9 models

A complete description of the input physics is described in Chabrier & Baraffe (1997) and Baraffe et al. (1998).

Summary of the main inputs.

Equation of state:
Saumon et al. (1995)

Radiative opacities:
OPAL for log T[K] > 4.0 (Iglesias & Rogers 1996)
Alexander & Ferguson (1994) for log T[K] <= 4.0

Atmospheric models:
Allard et al. (1997)

Mixing length parameter:
Solar-calibrated value alpha=1.9

References:
Alexander, D. R. & Ferguson, J. W. 1994, ApJ, 437, 879
Allard, F., Hauschildt, P. H., Alexander, D. R., & Starrfield, S. 1997, ARA&A, 35, 137
Baraffe, I., Chabrier, G., Allard, F., & Hauschildt, P. H. 1998, A&A, 337, 403
Chabrier, G. & Baraffe, I. 1997, A&A, 327, 1039
Iglesias, C. A. & Rogers, F. J. 1996, ApJ, 464, 943
Saumon, D., Chabrier, G., & van Horn, H. M. 1995, ApJS, 99, 713

 


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