YREC: The Yale Rotating Stellar Evolution Code

TL;DR

YREC is a versatile stellar evolution code designed for helio- and asteroseismology, featuring advanced treatments of convection and turbulence, and used for various astrophysical modeling tasks.

Contribution

This paper introduces YREC, a comprehensive stellar evolution code with novel features like non-local convection and turbulence modeling, tailored for helio- and asteroseismology.

Findings

Effective modeling of solar and stellar structures.

Implementation of non-local convective overshoot.

Application to diverse astrophysical problems.

Abstract

The stellar evolution code YREC is outlined with emphasis on its applications to helio- and asteroseismology. The procedure for calculating calibrated solar and stellar models is described. Other features of the code such as a non-local treatment of convective core overshoot, and the implementation of a parametrized description of turbulence in stellar models, are considered in some detail. The code has been extensively used for other astrophysical applications, some of which are briefly mentioned at the end of the paper.