Thermonuclear Explosions of Chandrasekhar-Mass White Dwarfs

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dc.creatorHillebrandt, W.
dc.creatorReinecke, M.
dc.creatorNiemeyer, J. C.
dc.date2000-05-16
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T01:53:36Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T01:53:36Z
dc.descriptionWe present a new way of modeling turbulent thermonuclear deflagration fronts in Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarfs, consisting of carbon and oxygen, undergoing a type Ia supernova explosion. Our approach is a front capturing/tracking hybrid scheme, based on a level set method, which treats the front as a mathematical discontinuity and allows for full coupling between the front geometry and the flow field. First results of the method applied to the problem of type Ia supernovae are discussed. It will be shown that even in 2-D and even with a physically motivated sub-grid model numerically ``converged'' results are difficult to obtain.
dc.description13 pages, 5 figures. To appear in Proc. ``Two decades of numerical astrophysics'', Port Douglas, Australia 1999
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0005341
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0005341
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/1021
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleThermonuclear Explosions of Chandrasekhar-Mass White Dwarfs
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