Home▸Space & Astronomy▸White Dwarf Cooling (2D): Mestel Track on the HR Diagram with Crystallization and Mass Scaling

⚪ White Dwarf Cooling (2D): Mestel Track on the HR Diagram with Crystallization and Mass Scaling

2D companion of the white dwarf cooling simulation: the Mestel cooling track on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, crystallization at Gamma = 175, mass and composition controls and a 7/5 power-law check.

Space & Astronomy2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 2D version

⚙ Under the hood

2D companion of the white dwarf cooling simulation: the Mestel L ~ t^(-7/5) cooling track on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, crystallization at Gamma = 175, mass and core composition controls, and an RK4 check of the closed-form solution.

White DwarfStellar EvolutionMestel CoolingHR DiagramCrystallization

2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install