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Models for Type Ia Supernovae and Related Astrophysical Transients

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We give an overview of recent efforts to model Type Ia supernovae and related astrophysical transients resulting from thermonuclear explosions in white dwarfs. In particular we point out the challenges resulting from the multi-physics multi-scale nature of the problem and discuss possible numerical approaches to meet them in hydrodynamical explosion simulations and radiative transfer modeling. We give examples of how these methods are applied to several explosion scenarios that have been proposed to explain distinct subsets or, in some cases, the majority of the observed events. In case we comment on some of the successes and shortcoming of these scenarios and highlight important outstanding issues.

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The work of FKR is supported by the Klaus Tschira Foundation and by the Collaborative Research Center SFB 881 “The Milky Way System” (subproject A10) of the German Research Foundation (DFG).

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    Friedrich K. Röpke

  3. School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, BT7 1NN, UK

    Stuart A. Sim

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Röpke, F.K., Sim, S.A. Models for Type Ia Supernovae and Related Astrophysical Transients. Space Sci Rev 214, 72 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-018-0503-8

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