Final Report: SciDAC Computational Astrophysics Consortium (at Princeton University)

Burrows, Adam

关键词: Final Report;    Computational Astrophysics;    Supernovae;    Numerical code Development;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1056311
RP-ID  :  DOE-PRINCETON-41544
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1056311

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Supernova explosions are the central events in astrophysics. They are the major agencies of change in the interstellar medium, driving star formation and the evolution of galaxies. Their gas remnants are the birthplaces of the cosmic rays. Such is their brightness that they can be used as standard candles to measure the size and geometry of the universe and their investigation draws on particle and nuclear physics, radiative transfer, kinetic theory, gravitational physics, thermodynamics, and the numerical arts. Hence, supernovae are unrivaled astrophysical laboratories. We will develop new state-of-the-art multi-dimensional radiation hydrodynamic codes to address this and other related astrophysical phenomena.