Thermonuclear supernovae: Simulations of the deflagration stage and their implications

Science

Volumn 299, Issue 5603, 2003, Pages 77-81

  Gamezo, Vadim N ^a   Khokhlov, Alexei M ^a   Oran, Elaine S ^a   Chtchelkanova, Almadena Y ^b   Rosenberg, Robert O ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Strategic Analysis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPLOSIONS; FLAMMABILITY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS;

SUPERNOVA EXPLOSIONS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

CALCIUM; CARBON; MAGNESIUM; NEON; NICKEL; OXYGEN; SILICON; SULFUR;

COSMOLOGY; GRAVITY FIELD;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMOS; DYNAMICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVOLUTION; EXPLOSION; FIRE; GRAVITY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE; TURBULENT FLOW;

EID: 0037414873     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1078129     Document Type: Article

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