Title
Multi-Dimensional Simulations of Pair-Instability Supernovae
Abstract
We present preliminary results from multidimensional numerical studies of pair-instability supernova (PSN), studying the fluid instabilities that occur in multiple spatial dimensions. We use the new radiation-hydrodynamics code, CASTRO, and introduce a new mapping procedure that defines the initial conditions for the multidimensional runs in such a way that conservation of physical quantities is guaranteed at any level of resolution.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1016/j.cpc.2010.06.032
Computer Physics Communications
Keywords
Field
DocType
Stellar evolution,Massive star,Pair-instability supernovae
Statistical physics,Supernova,Astrophysics,Physical quantity,Pair-instability supernova,Mathematical analysis,Instability,Physics,Stellar evolution
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
182
1
0010-4655
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Ke-Jung Chen100.34
Alexander Heger200.34
Ann S. Almgren38222.33