YREC: the Yale rotating stellar evolution code

@article{Demarque2007YRECTY,
  title={YREC: the Yale rotating stellar evolution code},
  author={Pierre. Demarque and David B. Guenther and L. H. Li and A. Mazumdar and Christian W. Straka},
  journal={Astrophysics and Space Science},
  year={2007},
  volume={316},
  pages={31-41}
}
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… 
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