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The present work revisits the problem of modelling the real gaseous detonation dynamics at the macro-scale by simple steady one-dimensional (1D) models. Experiments of detonations propagating in channels with exponentially expanding…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-10-21 Qiang Xiao , Matei I. Radulescu

Radiation therapy is one of the most common cancer treatments, and dose optimization and targeting of radiation are crucial since both cancerous and healthy cells are affected. Different mathematical and computational approaches have been…

Biological Physics · Physics 2025-11-07 Mirko Bagnarol , Gianluca Lattanzi , Jan Åström , Mikko Karttunen

Background: Ultra-high dose rate proton therapy shows promise in tissue sparing by enhancing therapeutic ratio through the FLASH effect. In radiotherapy, accurate in vivo dosimetry is crucial for quality assurance, but remains challenging…

Modeling and simulating how oxygen supply shapes neuronal excitability is crucial for advancing the understanding of brain function in pathological scenarios, such as ischemia. This condition is caused by a reduced blood supply, leading to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-03-19 Francesco Daniele , Caterina B. Leimer Saglio , Stefano Pagani , Paola F. Antonietti

We simulate the early stages of the evolution of turbulent, virialized, high-mass protostellar cores, with primary attention to how cores fragment, and whether they form a small or large number of protostars. Our simulations use the Orion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Mark R. Krumholz , Richard I. Klein , Christopher F. McKee

We present an algorithm for solving the radiative transfer problem on massively parallel computers using adaptive mesh refinement and domain decomposition. The solver is based on the method of characteristics which requires an adaptive…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-08-13 Lars Buntemeyer , Robi Banerjee , Thomas Peters , Mikhail Klassen , Ralph E. Pudritz

Recording molecular movies on ultrafast timescales has been a longstanding goal for unravelling detailed information about molecular dynamics. We present the direct experimental recording of very-high-resolution and -fidelity molecular…

The effective use of swift ion beams in cancer treatment (known as hadrontherapy) as well as an appropriate protection in manned space missions rely on the accurate understanding of energy delivery to cells damaging their genetic…

Understanding and controlling the electronic as well as ro-vibrational motion and, thus, the entire chemical dynamics in molecules is the ultimate goal of ultrafast laser and imaging science. In photochemistry, laser-induced dissociation…

DNA/RNA synthesis precursors are especially vulnerable to damage induced by reactive oxygen species occurring following oxidative stress. Guanosine triphosphates are the prevalent oxidized nucleosites, which can be misincorporated during…

We report on radiative hydrodynamic simulations of moderate and strong solar flares. The flares were simulated by calculating the atmospheric response to a beam of non-thermal electrons injected at the apex of a one-dimensional closed…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. C. Allred , S. L. Hawley , W. P. Abbett , M. Carlsson

We construct a fast, transferable, general purpose, machine-learning interatomic potential suitable for large-scale simulations of $N_2$. The potential is trained only on high quality quantum chemical molecule-molecule interactions, no…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-05-10 Marcin Kirsz , Ciprian G. Pruteanu , Peter I. C. Cooke , Graeme J. Ackland

New Molecular Dynamics simulations have been carried out in order to get an insight on the physical mechanisms that determine the drift mobility of negative Oxygen ions in very dense Neon gas in the supercritical phase close to the critical…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2017-10-06 A. F. Borghesani , F. Aitken

Molecular dynamics simulations have been performed to understand true atomic resolution, which has been observed on the Si(111)-7$\times$7 surface by dynamic force microscopy in ultra high vacuum(UHV). Stable atomic-scale contrast is…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-10-31 Abduxukur Abdurixit , Alexis Baratoff , Ernest Meyer

We present an efficient method for modeling the single and double ionization dynamics of the H$_2$ molecule in ultrashort intense laser fields. This method is based on a semi-analytical approach to calculate the time-dependent single and…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-11-04 Jean-Nicolas Vigneau , Thanh-Tung Nguyen Dang , Eric Charron

We describe breakdown in 805 MHz rf accelerator cavities in terms of a number of self consistent mechanisms. We divide the breakdown process into three stages: 1) we model surface failure using molecular dynamics of fracture caused by…

Accelerator Physics · Physics 2015-03-13 Zeke Insepov , Jim Norem , Thomas Proslier , Dazhang Huang , Sudhakar Mahalingam , Seth Veitzer

Our work is motivated by the analysis of ash plume dynamics, arising in the study of volcanic eruptions. Such phenomena are characterized by large Reynolds number (exceeding $10^7$) and a large number of polydispersed particles~[1]. Thus,…

FLASH-RT has proven beneficial in preclinical studies. However, the lack of accurate real time 2D dosimetry is a limiting factor. In this work, an innovative solution for 2D real time dosimetry in UHDR electron beams is presented. The…

By representing damage induction by ionizing particles and its repair by the cell, the probabilistic two-stage model provides a detailed description of the main processes involved in cell killing by radiation. To link this model with issues…

Biological Physics · Physics 2016-08-16 Pavel Kundrát

A mixed quantum-classical approach is introduced which allows the dynamical response of molecules driven far from equilibrium to be modeled. This method is applied to the interaction of molecules with intense, short-duration laser pulses.…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2012-05-21 Daniel Dundas