Hot Topics in Computational Astrophysics

Presentations

• The Challenge of Modeling Dense Stellar Systems

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  April 1, 2012, 10:45 AM – April 1, 2012, 11:21 AM

  Authors

  • David Merritt

    Rochester Institute of Technology

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• Relaxation in axisymmetric stellar cusps around black holes

  ORAL

  April 1, 2012, 11:21 AM – April 1, 2012, 11:33 AM

  Authors

  • Eugene Vasiliev

    Rochester Institute of Technology

  • David Merritt

    Rochester Institute of Technology

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• The Changing Landscape of Type Ia Supernova Progenitors

  COFFEE_KLATCH · Invited

  April 1, 2012, 11:33 AM – April 1, 2012, 12:09 PM

  Authors

  • Chris Fryer

    Los Alamos National Laboratory

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• Cracking the Most Luminous Supernovae: Multidimensional Simulations of Pulsational Pair-Instability Supernovae

  ORAL

  April 1, 2012, 12:09 PM – April 1, 2012, 12:21 PM

  Authors

  • Ke-Jung Chen

    Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara \& University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

  • Alexander Heger

    University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

  • Ann Almgren

    Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

  • Stan Woosley

    UC Santa Cruz

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• A New Monte Carlo Method for Velocity-Dependent Neutrino And Photon Transport

  ORAL

  April 1, 2012, 12:21 PM – April 1, 2012, 12:33 PM

  Authors

  • Ernazar Abdikamalov

    California Institute of Technology

  • Adam Burrows

    Princeton University

  • Frank Loeffler

    Louisiana State University

  • Christian D. Ott

    California Institute of Technology, Caltech

  • Erik Schnetter

    Perimeter Institute

  • Evan O'Connor

    California Institute of Technology

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