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The physics of flames in Type Ia supernovae

M Zingale1, S E Woosley1, J B Bell2, M S Day2 and C A Rendleman2

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We extend a low Mach number hydrodynamics method developed for terrestrial combustion, to the study of thermonuclear flames in Type Ia supernovae. We discuss the differences between 2-D and 3-D Rayleigh-Taylor unstable flame simulations, and give detailed diagnostics on the turbulence, showing that the kinetic energy power spectrum obeys Bolgiano-Obukhov statistics in 2-D, but Kolmogorov statistics in 3-D. Preliminary results from 3-D reacting bubble calculations are shown, and their implications for ignition are discussed.


PACS

95.30.Lz Hydrodynamics

47.70.Pq Flames; combustion

97.60.Bw Supernovae

97.20.Rp Faint blue stars (including blue stragglers), white dwarfs, degenerate stars, nuclei of planetary nebulae

Subjects

Fluid dynamics

Astrophysics and astroparticles

Dates

Issue 1 (2005)



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