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Compact astrophysical objects can change their structure and composition in combustion-like processes. In the case of white dwarfs, thermonuclear burning can even lead to an explosion as a Type la supernova. We give a brief account of the physical concepts of combustion and of methods to model this phenomenon in large-scale numerical simulations. As examples for application we discuss thermonuclear explosions of white dwarfs and to hypothetical “quark novae” transforming neutron stars into strange quark stars.
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Röpke, F.K. Modeling type Ia supernovae and quark novae. Phys. Part. Nuclei 46, 808–811 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063779615050251
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