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My 2004-5 Research Statement [PDF]  
 

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	Low Mach Number Modeling of Type Ia Supernovae in collaboration with CCSE/LBL
	We have developed a new stratified low Mach number hydrodynamics algorithm, allowing for finite-amplitude density/temperature fluctuations while filtering soundwaves.
Turbulent Flames in SNe Ia in collaboration with CCSE/LBL
coming soon
	Reacting Buoyant Bubbles in collaboration with CCSE/LBL
	We are performing large scale, fully resolved studies of burning rising bubbles in both two and three dimensions in conditions appropriate to Type Ia supernovae.
3-D Reactive Rayleigh-Taylor in collaboration with CCSE/LBL [recent research talk]
Three-dimensional direct numerical simulations of carbon flames in Type Ia supernovae undergoing the Rayleigh-Taylor instability and the transition to turbulence.
	Larger-Scale Flamelet Studies in collaboration with CCSE/LBL
	Comparison of fully resolved and thickened flame models of SNe Ia RT unstable flames. We perform direct validation of the thickened-flame model to the DNS data.
Reactive Rayleigh-Taylor Instability: the Transition to Distributed Burning in collaboration with CCSE/LBL [recent talk on SNe Ia flames]
Direct numerical simulations of Rayleigh-Taylor unstable flames in Type Ia supernovae. We simulate a range of densities capturing the transition from the flamelet regime to the distributed burning regime. These are the first multi-dimensional simulations to show this transition directly.
	Landau-Darrieus Instability in collaboration with CCSE/LBL
	A planar flame front is intrinsically unstable due to thermal expansion across the interface. We perform many simulations with different box widths and demonstrate the small scale cutoff to the growth of the instability due to the finite thickness of the flame.
SNe II Mixing
Two-dimensional, spherical AMR calculations of the post-shock mixing.
	XRB Spreading
	Multidimensional investigations into whether an XRB can ignite locally without rotation. It can't.
Flame-Vortex Interactions in collaboration with the Flash Center
Studies as to whether the interaction of a thermonuclear flame with a vortex pair can locally quench the flame.
	Helium Detonations on Neutron Stars (my thesis)   in collaboration with the Flash Center
	Two-dimensional calculations of the dynamics of the explosion from my thesis. We follow the detonation wave as it propagates 2 km across the surface of the neutron star.