Simulation Gallery

Visualizations and movies from my hydrodynamical simulations of Type Ia supernovae. Click any image to open it full-screen and zoom in.

Helium-Ignited Mergers · Double Detonation

A double detonation (D6) in which the secondary white dwarf survives the explosion intact.

Density–Temperature Isocontours Time evolution of density and temperature isocontours in the double-detonation model.
Density Field (AREPO → FLASH)
Density Field (AREPO → FLASH) Density field of the double-detonation model, mapped from AREPO into FLASH.
Temperature Gradient Magnitude
Temperature Gradient Magnitude Temperature gradient magnitude highlighting the detonation fronts.
Density–Temperature Slice Plots Slice plots of density and temperature through the double-detonation simulation.

Helium-Ignited Mergers · Quadruple Detonation

A quadruple detonation in which helium and core detonations propagate to the secondary, destroying both white dwarfs.

Density–Temperature Isocontours High-resolution evolution of density and temperature isocontours.
Density Field (AREPO → FLASH)
Density Field (AREPO → FLASH) Density field of the quadruple-detonation model in which both white dwarfs are destroyed.
Temperature Gradient Magnitude
Temperature Gradient Magnitude Temperature gradient magnitude showing detonation fronts in the quadruple-detonation model.
Density–Temperature Slice Plots Slice plots of density and temperature through the quadruple-detonation simulation.

Oxygen–Neon and Carbon–Oxygen WDs Merger

Volume renderings of an oxygen-neon / carbon-oxygen white dwarf merger in the double-degenerate channel (work in progress).

Density Volumetric Render (Movie) Volumetric rendering of the density evolution during the merger.
Density Volume Rendering
Density Volume Rendering Volume rendering of the density field in an oxygen-neon / carbon-oxygen white dwarf merger.
Full-Domain Volume Rendering
Full-Domain Volume Rendering Volume rendering of the density across the full simulation domain.

2D Hydrodynamical Simulations of Near-MCh-mass Supernovae

Temperature evolution inside the white dwarf for the pure-deflagration and delayed-detonation models of the near-Chandrasekhar mass remnant 3C 397.

High-Density DDT — Temperature Evolution Temperature evolution inside the white dwarf for the high-density delayed-detonation (DDT) model.
High-Density Pure Deflagration — Temperature Evolution Temperature evolution inside the white dwarf for the high-density pure-deflagration model.
Standard-Density Pure Deflagration — Temperature Evolution Temperature evolution inside the white dwarf for the standard-density pure-deflagration model.