3 papers
astro-ph.HE2023
Turbulently-Driven Detonation Initiation in Electron-Degenerate Matter with Helium
Gabriel O. Casabona, Robert T. Fisher
Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) are standardizable cosmological candles which led to the discovery of the accelerating universe. However, the physics of how white dwarfs (WDs) explode…
astro-ph.HE2023
Understanding Binary Systems -- a Comparison between COSMIC and MESA
Lailani Kenoly, A. Ken Luu, Celia Toral +4
We compare the evolution of binary systems evolved in the MESA stellar evolution code to those in the COSMIC population synthesis code. Our aim is to convey the robustness of the e…
astro-ph.SR2018
Carbon Detonation Initiation in Turbulent Electron-Degenerate Matter
Robert T. Fisher, Pritom Mozumdar, Gabriel O. Casabona
Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) play a critical role in astrophysics, yet their origin remains mysterious. A crucial physical mechanism in any SN Ia model is the initiation of the deto…