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Ignition of carbon burning from nuclear fission in compact stars
C. J. Horowitz
Type-Ia supernovae (SN Ia) are powerful stellar explosions that provide important distance indicators in cosmology. Recently, we proposed a new SN Ia mechanism that involves a nucl…
Nuclear fission reaction simulations in compact stars
Alex Deibel, M. E. Caplan, C. J. Horowitz
Type-Ia supernovae (SN Ia) are powerful stellar explosions that provide important distance indicators in cosmology. Recently, we proposed a new SN Ia mechanism that involves a nucl…
Cooling Delays from Iron Sedimentation and Iron Inner Cores in White Dwarfs
M. E. Caplan, I. F. Freeman, C. J. Horowitz +2
Do white dwarfs have inner cores made of iron? Neutron rich nuclei like Fe experience a net gravitational force and sediment toward the core. Using new phase diagrams and mo…
Nuclear fission chain reaction in cooling white dwarf stars
C. J. Horowitz, M. E. Caplan
The first solids that form as a white dwarf (WD) starts to crystallize are expected to be greatly enriched in actinides. Previously [PRL 126, 1311010] we found that these solids mi…
Actinide crystallization and fission reactions in cooling white dwarf stars
C. J. Horowitz, M. E. Caplan
The first solids that form as a cooling white dwarf (WD) starts to crystallize are expected to be greatly enriched in actinides. This is because the melting points of WD matter sca…
Nuclear and dark matter heating in massive white dwarf stars
C. J. Horowitz
Recently, Cheng et al. identified a number of massive white dwarfs (WD) that appear to have an additional heat source providing a luminosity near for multi…