Advancements in modeling self-consistent core collapse supernovae with CHIMERA
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Physics Division; Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Physics Division
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Physics Division
- Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL (United States). Physics Dept.
- North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States). Dept. of Physics
We discuss advancements in modeling core-collapse supernovae with our code CHIMERA. We describe the status and details of our tracer particle method and its uses for post-processing nucleosynthesis and as a tool for broad core-collapse supernova (CCSN) model analyses. We also introduce our progress towards expanding a nuclear reaction network beyond the alphanetwork for the purpose of accurate in-situ nucleosynthesis, not only for core-collapse supernovae (CCSNe) in general, but for a special sub-class of supernovae called electron capture supernovae (ECSNe), which stem from progenitors stars between 8 and 10 M⊙. By using an advanced nuclear reaction network, our 2D and 3D code will allow for unparalleled studies of CCSNe and ECSNe ejecta.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Nuclear Physics (NP); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NSF-AST-0653376; NSF-PHY-0855315; NSF-OCI-0749242; NSF-OCI-0749204; 07-ATFP07-0011
- OSTI ID:
- 1567297
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Physics. Conference Series, Vol. 402; Conference: 23. International Conference on Computational Physics, Gatlinburg, TN (United States), 16-20 Oct 2011; ISSN 1742-6588
- Publisher:
- IOP PublishingCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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