Magnetic field effects on the thermonuclear combustion front of Chandrasekhar mass white dwarfs

Cristian R. Ghezzi, Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino, Jorge E. Horvath

The explosion of a type Ia supernova starts in a white dwarf as a laminar deflagration at the center of the star and soon several hydrodynamic instabilities, in particular, the Ray…