@@ -832,6 +832,20 @@ Options: { ZERO, HURLEY, BELCZYNSKI2010, MERRITT2025 } |br|
832832``BELCZYNSKI2010 ``: Mass loss as per Belczynski (2010), and the default prior to 2023 |br |
833833``MERRITT2025 `` : Flexible mass loss with phase specific options: (OB, RSG, WR, VMS) |br |
834834Default = MERRITT2025 |br |
835+ |br |
836+ Note that setting this option to ``ZERO `` can have unexpected consequences, e.g., TPAGB stars that are prevented from losing
837+ mass cannot become white dwarfs, so will become massless remnants. This is a useful option for testing, but this setting is
838+ not recommended for production. It is better to use specific wind prescription controls, such as: |br |
839+ |br |
840+ ``--cool-wind-mass-loss-multiplier `` |br |
841+ ``--overall-wind-mass-loss-multiplier `` |br |
842+ ``--wolf-rayet-multiplier `` |br |
843+ ``--luminous-blue-variable-multiplier `` |br |
844+ ``--LBV-mass-loss-prescription `` |br |
845+ ``--OB-mass-loss-prescription `` |br |
846+ ``--RSG-mass-loss-prescription `` |br |
847+ ``--VMS-mass-loss-prescription `` |br |
848+ ``--WR-mass-loss-prescription `` |br |
835849
836850**--mass-ratio [ -q ] ** |br |
837851Mass ratio :math: `\frac {m2 }{m1 }` used to determine secondary mass if not specified via ``--initial-mass-2 ``. |br |
@@ -1399,19 +1413,6 @@ This option is primarily intended for debugging/testing of convergence issues ra
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1402- **--use-mass-loss ** |br |
1403- Enable mass loss through winds. |br |
1404- Default = TRUE
1405- Note that setting this option to FALSE can have unexpected consequences, e.g., TPAGB stars that are prevented from losing mass
1406- cannot become white dwarfs, so will become massless remnants. This is a useful option for testing, but this setting is not recommended
1407- for production. It is better to use specific wind prescription controls, such as: |br |
1408- ``--cool-wind-mass-loss-multiplier `` |br |
1409- ``--LBV-mass-loss-prescription `` |br |
1410- ``--luminous-blue-variable-multiplier `` |br |
1411- ``--mass-loss-prescription `` |br |
1412- ``--overall-wind-mass-loss-multiplier `` |br |
1413- ``--wolf-rayet-multiplier `` |br |
1414-
14151416**--use-mass-transfer ** |br |
14161417Enable mass transfer. |br |
14171418Default = TRUE
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