The Codes

The central aim of this project is to perform a detailed comparison of a number of different one-dimensional (1D) chemical kinetics codes. The outcomes will be a quantification of how well each code agrees for identical input, as well as identification of the reasons for those differences.

The project will involve seven independent codes:

Name Key Publications
“Agundez Model” Agundez et al. 2012, Agundez et al. 2014
ARGO Rimmer and Helling 2016
ATMO Tremblin et al. 2015, Drummond et al. 2016, Tremblin et al. 2017
“Kasting Model” Kopparapu et al. 2012, Miguel and Kaltenegger 2014
KINETICS Moses et al. 2011, Moses et al. 2013, Moses et al. 2016
“Venot Model” Venot et al. 2012, Venot et al. 2015
VULCAN Tsai et al. 2017