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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CALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Phys, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
Univ Calif Berkeley, Lawrence Berkeley Natl Lab, Berkeley, CA 94720 USACALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
Kistler, Matthew D.
Stanek, K. Z.
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Ohio State Univ, Ctr Cosmol & Astroparticle Phys, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
Ohio State Univ, Dept Astron, Columbus, OH 43210 USACALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
Stanek, K. Z.
Kochanek, Christopher S.
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Ohio State Univ, Ctr Cosmol & Astroparticle Phys, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
Ohio State Univ, Dept Astron, Columbus, OH 43210 USACALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
Kochanek, Christopher S.
Prieto, Jose L.
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Carnegie Observ, Pasadena, CA 91101 USACALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
Prieto, Jose L.
Thompson, Todd A.
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Ohio State Univ, Ctr Cosmol & Astroparticle Phys, Columbus, OH 43210 USA
Ohio State Univ, Dept Astron, Columbus, OH 43210 USACALTECH, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA