Simulating black hole white dwarf encounters

Computer Physics Communications

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 184-189

  Rosswog, Stephan ^a   Ramirez Ruiz, Enrico ^b   Hix, W Raphael ^c   Dan, M ^a  

^a JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black holes; Meshfree Lagrangian hydrodynamics; Nuclear reactions; Reactive flows

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GALAXIES; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SPACE RESEARCH; THERMONUCLEAR REACTIONS;

ACCRETION DISK; BLACK HOLES; MESHFREE LAGRANGIAN HYDRODYNAMICS; REACTIVE FLOWS; SOLAR MASSES;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 44649128729     PISSN: 00104655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2008.01.031     Document Type: Article

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