We present preliminary results from multidimensional numerical studies of pair instability supernova (PSN), studying the fluid instabilities that occur in multiple spatial dimensions. We use the new radiation-hydrodynamics code, CASTRO, and introduce a new mapping procedure that defines the initial conditions for the multidimensional runs in such a way that conservation of physical quantities is guaranteed at any level of resolution.
@article{arxiv.1006.2385,
title = {Multi-Dimensional Simulations of Pair-Instability Supernovae},
author = {Ke-Jung Chen and Alexander Heger and Ann Almgren},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.2385},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
Accepted for publication in Computer Physics Communications. 3 pages. 2 figs