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

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1056311· OSTI ID:1056311
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  1. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States). Dept. of Astrophysical Sciences

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.

Research Organization:
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP)
DOE Contract Number:
FC02-08ER41544
OSTI ID:
1056311
Report Number(s):
DOE-PRINCETON-41544
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English