Stellar explosions : hydrodynamics and nucleosynthesis /: hydrodynamics and nucleosynthesis. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jordi Jose.
• Authors: José, Jordi
• Contents: Computational Hydrodynamics; To Grid or Not to Grid: A Primer on Hydrocodes; Equations of Stellar Structure; A Touch of Hydrodynamics; Grid-Based Methods: The Realm of Finite Differences; Gridless Methods: Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics; Building a 1D Hydrodynamic Code; Code Validation and Verification Nuclear Physics; Nuclear Prelude: Abundances, Masses, and Binding Energies; Nuclear Fusion; Nuclear Interactions; Stellar Evolution in a Nutshell: H- to Si-Burning Cosmochemistry and Presolar Grains; Meteorites and Stellar Astrophysics; Grain Formation and Growth; The Stardust Market; Experimental Techniques and Instruments Classical and Recurrent Novae; Stellae Novae: Beacons in the Ocean of Night; Classical and Recurrent Novae: The Big Picture; Designing a Nova Outburst; Nova Nuclear Symphony; Nova Light Curve; Observational Constraints Type Ia Supernovae; Historical Supernovae; Spectroscopy of Supernovae; Light Curves: Supernova Pyrotechnics; Progenitors; Blowing Up Stars in the Laptop: The Modeling of Type Ia Supernovae X-Ray Bursts and Superbursts ; Discovery of X-Ray Bursts; Observational Constraints; A Spark to a Flame: Outlining the Explosion Mechanism; Superbursts Core-Collapse Supernovae ; SN 1987A; Observations of Core-Collapse Supernovae: Spectra and Light Curves; Core-Collapse Supernovae: Evolution beyond Core Silicon Burning and Explosion; Nucleosynthesis; Observational Constraints; Supernovae, Neutron Star Mergers, and the Origin of Gamma-Ray Bursts Appendix A: Henyey Method for Arbitrary Hydrodynamic Problems; Appendix B: Computer Program for the Free-Fall Collapse Problem Exercises appear at the end of each chapter.
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 523.8; Stars; Nuclear astrophysics; Supernovae
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781439853085
• Related ISBNs: 9781439853061
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