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The Galactic Center: A Laboratory for Fundamental Astrophysics and Galactic Nuclei
A. Ghez, M. Morris, J. Lu +24
As the closest example of a galactic nucleus, the Galactic center presents an exquisite laboratory for learning about supermassive black holes (SMBH) and their environs. Detailed s…
Nonlinear Saturation of g-modes in Proto-Neutron Stars: Quieting the Acoustic Engine
Nevin N. Weinberg, Eliot Quataert
According to Burrows et al.'s acoustic mechanism for core-collapse supernova explosions, the primary, l=1, g-mode in the core of the proto-neutron star is excited to an energy of ~…
Carbon Detonation and Shock-Triggered Helium Burning in Neutron Star Superbursts
Nevin N. Weinberg, Lars Bildsten
The strong degeneracy of the 12C ignition layer on an accreting neutron star results in a hydrodynamic thermonuclear runaway, in which the nuclear heating time becomes shorter than…
Faint Thermonuclear Supernovae from AM Canum Venaticorum Binaries
Lars Bildsten, Ken J. Shen, Nevin N. Weinberg +1
Helium that accretes onto a Carbon/Oxygen white dwarf in the double white dwarf AM Canum Venaticorum (AM CVn) binaries undergoes unstable thermonuclear flashes when the orbital per…
Astrometric Monitoring of Stellar Orbits at the Galactic Center with a Next Generation Large Telescope
Nevin N. Weinberg, Milos Milosavljevic, Andrea M. Ghez
We show that with a Next Generation Large Telescope one can detect the accelerated motions of ~100 stars orbiting the massive black hole at the Galactic center. The positions and v…
Exposing the Nuclear Burning Ashes of Radius Expansion Type I X-ray Bursts
Nevin N. Weinberg, Lars Bildsten, Hendrik Schatz
We solve for the evolution of the vertical extent of the convective region of a neutron star atmosphere during a Type I X-ray burst. The convective region is well-mixed with ashes…