PARFAIT File Format

Files in PARFAIT format store HDF5 data describing a parfait stellar model. A parfait model represents the structure of a star via a set of concentric, spherical, uniform-density shells; see Townsend & Kuenzi (in prep.) for further details.

The PARFAIT format adheres to the following conventions:

• All data objects are attached to the root HDF5 group (/)

• Real values are written with type H5T_IEEE_F64LE when GYRE is compiled in double precision (the default), and type H5T_IEEE_F32LE otherwise

• Integer values are written with type H5T_STD_I32LE

There are a number of versions of the PARFAIT format, distinguished by the version attribute in the root HDF5 group:

• Version 1.00