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Moving-Mesh Simulations of Mini-Common Envelope Ejection in Classical Novae
Nicholas Nelson, Philip Chang
Although well studied, our understanding of the mass ejection mechanisms of cataclysmic variables remains incomplete. Recent work suggests that binary interaction plays an importan…
The Puzzling Structure of Solar Convection: Window into the Dynamo
Nicholas A. Featherstone, Kyle C. Augustson, Jonathan M. Aurnou +25
The operation of the solar dynamo, with all of its remarkable spatio-temporal ordering, remains an outstanding problem of modern solar physics. A number of mechanisms that might pl…
Dynamical Chaos in a Simple Model of a Knuckleball
Nicholas J. Nelson, Eric Strauss
The knuckleball is perhaps the most enigmatic pitch in baseball. Relying on the presence of raised seams on the surface of the ball to create asymmetric flow, a knuckleball's traje…
Driving Solar Giant Cells through the Self-Organization of Near-Surface Plumes
Nicholas J. Nelson, Nicholas A. Featherstone, Mark S. Miesch +1
Global 3D simulations of solar giant-cell convection have provided significant insight into the processes which yield the Sun's observed differential rotation and cyclic dynamo act…
2-D and 3-D Models of Convective Turbulence and Oscillations in Intermediate-Mass Main-Sequence Stars
Joyce A. Guzik, T. H. Morgan, N. J. Nelson +5
We present multidimensional modeling of convection and oscillations in main-sequence stars somewhat more massive than the Sun, using three separate approaches: 1) Using the 3-D pla…
Effects of Initial Condition Spectral Content on Shock Driven Turbulent Mixing
Nicholas J. Nelson, Fernando F. Grinstein
The mixing of materials due to the Richtmyer-Meshkov instability and the ensuing turbulent behavior is of intense interest in a variety of physical systems including inertial confi…