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Aims: We present neutrino light curves and energy spectra for two representative type Ia supernova explosion models: a pure deflagration and a delayed detonation. Methods: We calculate the neutrino flux from $\beta$ processes using nuclear…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-29 A. Odrzywolek , T. Plewa

Almost all of the elements heavier than hydrogen that are present in our solar system were produced by nuclear burning processes either in the early universe or at some point in the life cycle of stars. In all of these environments, there…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-01-09 Jonas Lippuner , Luke F. Roberts

The spectra of several galaxies, including extremely metal-poor galaxies (EMPGs) from the EMPRESS survey, have shown that the abundances of some Si-group elements differ from "spherical" explosion models of massive stars. This leads to the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-10-21 Shing-Chi Leung , Ken'ichi Nomoto

While the high-entropy wind (HEW) of Type II supernovae remains one of the more promising sites for the rapid neutron-capture (r-) process, hydrodynamic simulations have yet to reproduce the astrophysical conditions under which the latter…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Farouqi , K. -L. Kratz , L. I. Mashonkina , B. Pfeiffer , J. J Cowan , F. -K. Thielemann , J. W. Truran

Type-Ia supernovae (SN Ia) are powerful stellar explosions that provide important distance indicators in cosmology. Recently, we proposed a new SN Ia mechanism that involves a nuclear fission chain-reaction in an isolated white dwarf [PRL…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 Alex Deibel , M. E. Caplan , C. J. Horowitz

This study investigates the multiplicity information entropy of hadrons, anti-hadrons, baryons, and net-protons in central \(^{197}\)Au+\(^{197}\)Au collisions with impact parameters of 0$-$3 fm, using the ultrarelativistic quantum…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-01-31 Xian-Gai Deng , Yu-Gang Ma

We present a new approach to understand the landscape of supernova explosion energies, ejected nickel masses, and neutron star birth masses. In contrast to other recent parametric approaches, our model predicts the properties of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-05-25 B. Müller , A. Heger , D. Liptai , J. B. Cameron

A key question for machine learning approaches in particle physics is how to best represent and learn from collider events. As an event is intrinsically a variable-length unordered set of particles, we build upon recent machine learning…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-04-17 Patrick T. Komiske , Eric M. Metodiev , Jesse Thaler

We present results for a suite of fourteen three-dimensional, high resolution hydrodynamical simulations of delayed-detonation modelsof Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) explosions. This model suite comprises the first set of three-dimensional SN…

One of the most important questions regarding the progenitor systems of Type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) is whether mergers of two white dwarfs can lead to explosions that reproduce observations of normal events. Here we present a fully…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-03 R. Pakmor , M. Kromer , S. Taubenberger , S. A. Sim , F. K. Roepke , W. Hillebrandt

Spectra of various particle species have been calculated with the Quantum Molecular Dynamics (QMD) model for very central collisions of Au+Au. They are compatible with the idea of a fully stopped thermal source which exhibits a transversal…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 Jens Konopka , Horst Stoecker , Walter Greiner

Highly energetic electron-hole pairs (hot carriers) formed from plasmon decay in metallic nanostructures promise sustainable pathways for energy-harvesting devices. However, efficient collection before thermalization remains an obstacle for…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 Adela Habib , Nicholas Lubbers , Sergei Tretiak , Benjamin Nebgen

In molecular simulations, neural network force fields aim at achieving \emph{ab initio} accuracy with reduced computational cost. This work introduces enhancements to the Deep Potential network architecture, integrating a message-passing…

Computational Physics · Physics 2024-04-09 Ruiqi Gao , Yifan Li , Roberto Car

One method of discriminating between the many Type Ia progenitor scenarios is by searching for contaminating hydrogen and helium stripped from the companion star. We present several high-resolution 2-D numerical simulations of the impact of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Evonne Marietta , Adam Burrows , Bruce Fryxell

The explosion energy of thermonuclear (Type Ia) supernovae is derived from the difference in nuclear binding energy liberated in the explosive fusion of light 'fuel' nuclei, predominantly carbon and oxygen, into more tightly bound nuclear…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-25 Ivo R. Seitenzahl , Dean M. Townsley

We consider some of the spectral and polarimetric signatures of the gravitational confined detonation scenario for Type Ia supernova explosions. In this model, material produced by an off-center deflagration (which itself fails to produce…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Daniel Kasen , Tomasz Plewa

We present the first results from an ongoing work aimed to use supernovae remnants to discriminate among different type Ia supernovae explosion models. We have computed the hydrodynamic interaction of supernova ejecta with the interstellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Carles Badenes , Eduardo Bravo

We identify a new, flux-dependent correction to the antineutrino spectrum as produced in nuclear reactors. The abundance of certain nuclides, whose decay chains produce antineutrinos above the threshold for inverse beta decay, has a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-03-30 Patrick Huber , Patrick Jaffke

Type Ia supernovae are generally agreed to arise from thermonuclear explosions of carbon-oxygen white dwarfs. The actual path to explosion, however, remains elusive, with numerous plausible parent systems and explosion mechanisms suggested.…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-03-29 E. Heringer , M. H. van Kerkwijk , S. A. Sim , W. E. Kerzendorf

The nuclear binding energies for 28 nuclei including several isotopic chains with masses ranging from A=64 to A=226 were evaluated using the Skyrme effective nucleon-nucleon interaction and the Extended Thomas-Fermi approximation. The…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Dobrowolski , K. Pomorski , J. Bartel