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Thermonuclear supernovae: a multi-scale astrophysical problem challenging numerical simulations and visualization
F K Röpke and R Bruckschen 2008 New J. Phys. 10 125009 (20pp)   doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/12/125009

A new model for deflagration fronts in reactive fluids

Abstract. We present a new way of modeling deflagration fronts in reactive fluids, the main emphasis being on turbulent thermonuclear deflagration fronts in white dwarfs undergoing a Type Ia supernova explosion. Our approach is based on a level set method which treats the front as a mathematical discontinuity and allows full coupling between the front geometry and the flow field (Smiljanovski et al., 1997). With only minor modifications, this method can also be applied to describe contact discontinuities. Two different implementations are described and their physically correct behaviour for simple testcases is shown. First results of the method applied to the concrete problems of Type Ia supernovae and chemical hydrogen combustion are briefly discussed; a more extensive analysis of our astrophysical simulations is given in Reinecke et al. (1998)

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