Stellar mass loss (in units of ΔM/M_∗) as a function of β for a star with polytropic index 5/3. ΔM is evaluated at t ~ 10⁶ s after the disruption. Blue, black, green, and red points are associated with gizmo mfm, gadget2, gizmo modern SPH, and GRR simulations, respectively. Uncertainties on ΔM/M_∗ from SPH and gizmo mfm simulations are inferred as reported in the main text. Points at low values of β have been slightly horizontally displaced to give a better view of the error bars. The value of the critical disruption parameter β_d (dashed lines) slightly depends on the adopted simulation method.