Spontaneous initiation of detonations in white dwarf environments: Determination of critical sizes

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 696, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 515-527

  Seitenzahl, Ivo R ^a,b   Meakin, Casey A ^a,c   Townsley, Dean M ^a,c   Lamb, Don Q ^a   Truran, James W ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTROPHYSIK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Nuclear reactions, nucleosynthesis, abundances; Shock waves; Supernovae: general; White dwarfs

Indexed keywords

EID: 73849148069     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/696/1/515     Document Type: Article

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