3 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
GridFire: A new, open source, nuclear network for stellar structure and evolution
Emily M. Boudreaux, Aaron Dotter
We present a novel nuclear network implementation, GridFire, which has been developed with a focus on efficiency, ease of use, and automatic physical extension. In this first paper…
astro-ph.GA2024
Chemically Self-Consistent Modeling of the Globular Cluster NGC 2808 and its Effects on the Inferred Helium Abundance of Multiple Stellar Populations
Emily M. Boudreaux, Brian C. Chaboyer, Amanda Ash +2
The helium abundances in the multiple populations that are now known to comprise all closely studied Milky Way globular clusters are often inferred by fitting isochrones generated…
astro-ph.SR2024
Correlations between Ca II H&K Emission and the Gaia M dwarf Gap
Emily M. Boudreaux, Aylin Garcia Soto, Brian C. Chaboyer
The Gaia M dwarf gap, also known as the Jao Gap, is a novel feature discovered in the Gaia DR2 G vs. BP-RP color magnitude diagram. This gap represents a 17 percent decrease in ste…