2 papers
astro-ph.SR2026
NATA: a chemical-picture equation of state for stellar merger hydrodynamics
Natalia Ivanova
We present NATA (Nearly Always Truthful Approximations), a self-contained chemical-picture equation of state for hydrogen-helium-carbon-oxygen mixtures, developed for hydrodynamics…
astro-ph.SR2024
Simulating a stellar contact binary merger -- II. Obtaining a light curve
Roger Hatfull, Natalia Ivanova
Luminous Red Novae (LRNe) are enigmatic transient events distinguished by a rapid rise in luminosity, a plateau in luminosity, and spectra which become redder with time. The best-o…