Strong Coupling of Hydrodynamics and Reactions in Nuclear Statistical Equilibrium for Modeling Convection in Massive Stars

Zingale, Michael; Chen, Zhi; Johnson, Eric T.; Katz, Max P.; Smith Clark, Alexander

doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ad8a66

Title: Strong Coupling of Hydrodynamics and Reactions in Nuclear Statistical Equilibrium for Modeling Convection in Massive Stars

Journal Article · 28 November 2024 · The Astrophysical Journal

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad8a66 · OSTI ID:2479393

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Abstract We build on the simplified spectral deferred corrections (SDC) coupling of hydrodynamics and reactions to handle the case of nuclear statistical equilibrium (NSE) and electron/positron captures/decays in the cores of massive stars. Our approach blends a traditional reaction network on the grid with a tabulated NSE state from a very large, $O (100)$ nuclei network. We demonstrate how to achieve second-order accuracy in the simplified-SDC framework when coupling NSE to hydrodynamics, with the ability to evolve the star on the hydrodynamics time step. We discuss the application of this method to convection in massive stars leading up to core collapse. We also show how to initialize the initial convective state from a 1D model in a self-consistent fashion. All of these developments are done in the publicly available Castro simulation code and the entire simulation methodology is fully GPU-accelerated.

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Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: NONE; FG02-87ER40317; SC0017955

OSTI ID:: 2479393

Journal Information:: The Astrophysical Journal, Journal Name: The Astrophysical Journal Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 977; ISSN 0004-637X

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Country of Publication:: United States

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