We present results of simulations to assess the feasibility of modeling outflows from massive stars using the Los Alamos 3-D radiation hydrodynamics code Cassio developed for inertial confinement fusion (ICF) applications. We find that a 1-D stellar envelope simulation relaxes into hydrostatic equilibrium using computing resources that would make the simulation tractable in 2-D. We summarize next steps to include more physics fidelity and model the response to a large and abrupt energy deposition at the base of the envelope.
@article{arxiv.1806.00691,
title = {Radiation Transport Through Super-Eddington Stellar Winds},
author = {Joyce A. Guzik and Chris Fryer and Todd J. Urbatsch and Stanley P. Owocki},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.00691},
year = {2018}
}
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4 pages, 1 figure, submitted to Proceedings of 3rd BRITE Science Conference, Lac Taureau, Quebec, 7-10 August 2017