Deflagrations and detonations in thermonuclear supernovae.

abstract

• We study a type Ia supernova explosion using three-dimensional numerical simulations based on reactive fluid dynamics. We consider a delayed-detonation model that assumes a deflagration-to-detonation transition. In contrast with the pure deflagration model, the delayed-detonation model releases enough energy to account for a healthy explosion, and does not leave carbon, oxygen, and intermediate-mass elements in central parts of a white dwarf. This removes the key disagreement between simulations and observations, and makes a delayed detonation the mostly likely mechanism for type Ia supernovae.

authors

• Oran, Elaine

published proceedings

• Phys Rev Lett

altmetric score

• 3.25

author list (cited authors)

• Gamezo, V. N., Khokhlov, A. M., & Oran, E. S.

citation count

• 112

complete list of authors

• Gamezo, Vadim N||Khokhlov, Alexei M||Oran, Elaine S

publication date

• May 2004

publisher

• American Physical Society (APS)  Publisher

published in

• Physical Review Letters  Journal

keywords

• 40 Engineering
• 4002 Automotive Engineering
• 4017 Mechanical Engineering
• 51 Physical Sciences

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.211102

start page

• 211102

volume

• 92

issue

• 21

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.92.211102