The QSE-Reduced Nuclear Reaction Network for Silicon Burning

Details The QSE-Reduced Nuclear Reaction Network for Silicon Burning The QSE-Reduced Nuclear Reaction Network for Silicon Burning

Sep 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007apj...667..476h&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 667, Issue 1, pp. 476-488.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Methods: Numerical, Nuclear Reactions, Nucleosynthesis, Abundances, Stars: Evolution, Stars: Supernovae: General

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Iron and neighboring nuclei are formed in massive stars shortly before core collapse and during their supernova outbursts, as well as during thermonuclear supernovae. Complete and incomplete silicon burning are responsible for the production of a wide range of nuclei with atomic mass numbers from 28 to 64. Because of the large number of nuclei involved, accurate modeling of silicon burning is computationally expensive. However, examination of the physics of silicon burning has revealed that the nuclear evolution is dominated by large groups of nuclei in mutual equilibrium. We present a new hybrid equilibrium-network scheme which takes advantage of this quasi-equilibrium in order to reduce the number of independent variables calculated. This allows accurate prediction of the nuclear abundance evolution, deleptonization, and energy generation at a greatly reduced computational cost when compared to a conventional nuclear reaction network. During silicon burning, the resultant QSE-reduced network is approximately an order of magnitude faster than the full network it replaces and requires the tracking of less than a third as many abundance variables, without significant loss of accuracy. These reductions in computational cost and the number of species evolved make QSE-reduced networks well suited for inclusion within hydrodynamic simulations, particularly in multidimensional applications.

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