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Publications of group members since 2007

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2013

  1. I. R. Seitenzahl, G. Cescutti, F. K. Röpke, A. J. Ruiter, R. Pakmor (2013):
    Solar abundance of manganese: a case for near Chandrasekhar-mass Type Ia supernova progenitors,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 559, id. L5 [ADS]

  2. M. Kromer, R. Pakmor, S. Taubenberger, G. Pignata, M. Fink, F. K. Röpke, I. R. Seitenzahl, S. A. Sim, W. Hillebrandt (2013):
    SN 2010lp – a Type Ia Supernova from a Violent Merger of Two Carbon-Oxygen White Dwarfs,
    Astrophysical Journal Letters 778, id. L18 [ADS]

  3. Z.-W. Liu, M. Kromer, M. Fink, R. Pakmor, F. K. Röpke, X. F. Chen, B. Wang, Z. W. Han (2013):
    Predicting the Amount of Hydrogen Stripped by the SN Explosion for SN 2002cx-like SNe Ia,
    Astrophysical Journal 778, id. 121 [ADS]

  4. S. A. Sim, I. R. Seitenzahl, M. Kromer, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, F. K. Röpke, M. Fink, W. Hillebrandt, R. Pakmor, A. J. Ruiter, S. Taubenberger (2013):
    Synthetic light curves and spectra for three-dimensional delayed-detonation models of Type Ia supernovae,
    MNRAS 436, 333–347 [ADS]

  5. F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, I. R. Seitenzahl, F. K. Röpke (2013):
    A Subgrid-scale Model for Deflagration-to-Detonation Transitions in Type Ia Supernova Explosion Simulations: Numerical implementation,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 559, id. A117[ADS]

  6. S. Benitez-Herrera, E. E. O. Ishida, M. Maturi, W. Hillebrandt, M. Bartelmann, F. K. Röpke (2013):
    Cosmological Parameter Estimation from SN Ia data: a Model-Independent Approach,
    MNRAS 436, 854–858 [ADS]

  7. Z.-W. Liu, R. Pakmor, I. R. Seitenzahl, W. Hillebrandt, M. Kromer, F. K. Röpke, P. Edelmann, S. Taubenberger, K. Maeda, B. Wang, Z. W. Han, (2013):
    The Impact of Type Ia Supernova Explosions on Helium Companions in the Chandrasekhar-mass Explosion Scenario,
    Astrophysical Journal 774, id. 37 [ADS]

  8. A. Parikh, J. José, I. R. Seitenzahl, F. K. Röpke (2013):
    The Effects of Variations in Nuclear Interactions on Nucleosynthesis in Thermonuclear Supernovae,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 557, id. A3 [ADS]

  9. G. Pagliara, M. Herzog, F. K. Röpke (2013):
    Combustion of a neutron star into a strange quark star: The neutrino signal,
    Physical Review D 87, id. 103007 [ADS]

  10. A. Summa, A. Ulyanov, M. Kromer, S. Boyer, F. K. Röpke, S. A. Sim, I. R. Seitenzahl, M. Fink, K. Mannheim, R. Pakmor, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, R. Diehl, K. Maeda, W. Hillebrandt (2013):
    Gamma-ray diagnostics of Type Ia supernovae: Predictions of observables from three-dimensional modeling,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 554, id. A67[ADS]

  11. Z.-W. Liu, R. Pakmor, F. K. Röpke, P. Edelmann, W. Hillebrandt, W. E. Kerzendorf, B. Wang, Bo; Z.-W. Han (2013):
    The rotation of surviving companion stars after type Ia supernova explosions in the WD+MS scenario,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 554, id. A109[ADS]

  12. W. Hillebrandt, M. Kromer, F. K. Röpke, A. J. Ruiter (2013):
    Towards an understanding of Type Ia supernovae from a synthesis of theory and observations,
    Frontiers of Physics, Vol. 8 No. 2, 116–143 [ADS]

  13. M. Kromer, M. Fink, V. Stanishev, S. Taubenberger, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolman, R. Pakmor, F. K. Röpke, A. J. Ruiter, I. R. Seitenzahl, S. A. Sim, G. Blanc, N. Elias-Rosa, W. Hillebrandt (2013):
    3D deflagration simulations leaving bound remnants: a model for 2002cx-like Type Ia supernovae,
    MNRAS 429, 2287–2297 [ADS]

  14. A. J. Ruiter, S. A. Sim, R. Pakmor, M. Kromer, I. R. Seitenzahl, K. Belczynski, M. Fink, M. Herzog, W. Hillebrandt, F. K. Röpke, S. Taubenberger (2013):
    On the brightness distribution of Type Ia supernovae from violent white dwarf mergers,
    MNRAS 429, 1425–1436 [ADS]

  15. I. R. Seitenzahl, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, F. K. Röpke, M. Fink, W. Hillebrandt, M. Kromer, R. Pakmor, A. J. Ruiter, S. A. Sim, S. Taubenberger (2013):
    Three-dimensional delayed-detonation models with nucleosynthesis for Type Ia supernovae,
    MNRAS 429, 1156–1172 [ADS]

  16. C. Travaglio, R. Gallino, W. Hillebrandt, F. K. Röpke (2013):
    p-prosess in SNIa
    Proceedings of Science, PoS(NIC XII)045

  17. F. K. Röpke, M. Fink, W. Hillebrandt, M. Kromer, R. Pakmor, A. J. Ruiter, I. R. Seitenzahl, S. A. Sim (2013):
    Type Ia supernovae: exposing models to observations,
    Proceedings of Science, PoS(NIC XII)046

  18. M. Fink, F. K. Röpke, S. A. Sim, M. Kromer, I. R. Seitenzahl, A. J. Ruiter, W. Hillebrandt (2013):
    Sub-Chandrasekhar models for Type Ia supernovae and astrophysical transients,
    Proceedings of Science, PoS(NIC XII)050

  19. F. K. Röpke, S. A. Sim, M. Fink, R. Pakmor, M. Kromer, I. R. Seitenzahl, A. J. Ruiter, W. Hillebrandt (2013):
    Thermonuclear Supernova Explosions from White Dwarfs in Different Progenitor Systems,
    in ``Binary Paths to Type Ia Supernovae Explosions'', Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 281, 261-266 [ADS]

  20. S. A. Sim, F. K. Röpke, M. Kromer, M. Fink, A. J. Ruiter, I. R. Seitenzahl, R. Pakmor, W. Hillebrandt (2013):
    Type Ia Supernovae from Sub-Chandrasekhar Mass White Dwarfs,
    in ``Binary Paths to Type Ia Supernovae Explosions'', Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 281, 267--274 [ADS]

2012

  1. Z. W. Liu, R. Pakmor, F. K. Röpke, P. Edelmann, B. Wang, M. Kromer, W. Hillebrandt, Z. W. Han (2012):
    Three-dimensional simulations of the interaction between Type Ia supernova ejecta and their main sequence companions,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 548, A2 [ADS]

  2. K. Maeda, Y. Terada, D. Kasen, F. K. Röpke, A. Bamba, R. Diehl, K. Nomoto, M. Kromer, I. Seitenzahl, H. Yamaguchi, T. Tamagawa, W. Hillebrandt (2012):
    Prospect of Studying Hard X- and Gamma-Rays from Type Ia Supernovae
    Astrophysical Journal 760, 54 [ADS]

  3. U. M. Noebauer, S. A. Sim, M. Kromer, F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt (2012):
    Monte Carlo radiation hydrodynamics: methods, tests and application to Type Ia supernova ejecta,
    MNRAS 425, 1430–1444 [ADS]

  4. R. Pakmor, P. Edelmann, F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt (2012):
    Stellar GADGET: a smoothed particle hydrodynamics code for stellar astrophysics and its application to Type Ia supernovae from white dwarf mergers,
    MNRAS 424, 2222–2231 [ADS]

  5. R. J. Foley, M. Kromer, Markus, G. Howie Marion, G. Pignata, M. D. Stritzinger, S. Taubenberger, P. Challis, A. V. Filippenko, G. Folatelli, W. Hillebrandt, E. Y. Hsiao, R. P. Kirshner, W. Li, N. I. Morrell, F. K. Röpke, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, I. R. Seitenzahl, J. M. Silverman, R. A. Simcoe, Z. K. Berta, K. M. Ivarsen, E. R. Newton, M. C. Nysewander, D. E. Reichart (2012):
    The First Maximum-Light Ultraviolet through Near-Infrared Spectrum of a Type Ia Supernova,
    Astrophysical Journal Letters 753, L5 [ADS]

  6. F. K. Röpke, M. Kromer, I. R. Seitenzahl, R. Pakmor, S. A. Sim, S. Taubenberger, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, W. Hillebrandt, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus, C. Baltay, S. Benitez-Herrera, S. Bongard, C. Buton, A. Canto, F. Cellier-Holzem, M~Childress, N~Chotard, Y. Copin, H. K. Fakhouri, M. Fink, D. Fouchez, E. Gangler, J. Guy, S. Hachinger, E. Y. Hsiao, J. Chen, M. Kerschhaggl, M. Kowalski, P. Nugent, K. Paech, R. Pain, E. Pecontal, R. Pereira, S. Perlmutter, D. Rabinowitz, M. Rigault, K. Runge, C. Saunders, G. Smadja, N. Suzuki, C. Tao, R. C. Thomas, A. Tilquin, C. Wu (2012):
    Constraining Type Ia Supernova Models: SN 2011fe as a Test Case,
    Astrophysical Journal Letters 750, L19 [ADS]

  7. R. Pakmor, M. Kromer, S. Taubenberger, S. A. Sim, F. K. Röpke, and W. Hillebrandt (2012),
    Normal Type Ia Supernovae from Violent Mergers of White Dwarf Binaries,
    Astrophysical Journal Letters 747, L10 [ADS]

  8. S. A. Sim, M. Fink, M. Kromer, F. K. Röpke, A. J. Ruiter, and W. Hillebrandt (2012),
    2D simulations of the double-detonation model for thermonuclear transients from low-mass carbon-oxygen white dwarfs,
    MNRAS 420, 3003 [ADS]

2011

  1. S. Benitez-Herrera, F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, C. Mignone, M. Bartelmann, and J. Weller (2012),
    Model-Independent Reconstruction of the Expansion History of the Universe from Type Ia Supernovae,
    MNRAS 419, 513–521 [ADS]

  2. M. Herzog and F. K. Röpke (2011),
    Three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations of the combustion of a neutron star into a quark star,
    Phys. Rev. D, 84, 083002 [ADS]

  3. S. Blondin, D. Kasen, F. K. Röpke, R. P. Kirshner, and K. S. Mandel (2011),
    Confronting 2D delayed-detonation models with light curves and spectra of Type Ia supernovae,
    MNRAS 417, 1280–1302 [ADS]

  4. C. Travaglio, F. K. Röpke, R. Gallino, and W. Hillebrandt (2011),
    Type Ia Supernovae as Sites of p-process: Two-Dimensional Models Coupled to Nucleosynthesis,
    Astrophysical Journal 739, 93 [ADS]

  5. I. R. Seitenzahl (2011),
    Internal conversion electrons and supernova light curves,
    Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys. 66, 329–334 [ADS]

  6. F. K. Röpke, M. Fink, R. Pakmor, M. Kromer, S. A. Sim, I. R. Seitenzahl, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, and W. Hillebrandt (2011),
    Type Ia Supernovae as Final Stage of Binary Evolution,
    Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, 447, 303 [ADS]

  7. M. Fink, F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, M. Kromer, S. A. Sim, and I. R. Seitenzahl (2011),
    Modeling Sub-Chandrasekhar Type Ia Supernovae,
    Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, 444, 15 [ADS]

  8. I. R. Seitenzahl, F. Ciaraldi-Scholmann, and F. K. Röpke (2011),
    Type Ia supernova diversity: white dwarf central density as a secondary parameter in three-dimensional delayed detonation models,
    MNRAS 414, 2709–2715 [ADS]

  9. R. Pakmor, S. Hachinger, F. K. Röpke, and W. Hillebrandt (2011),
    Violent mergers of nearly equal-mass white dwarf as progenitors of subluminous Type Ia supernovae,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 528, A117 [ADS]

  10. F. K. Röpke, , I. R. Seitenzahl, S. Benitez, M. Fink, R. Pakmor, M. Kromer, S.A. Sim, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, and W. Hillebrandt (2011),
    Modeling Type Ia supernova explosions,
    Prog. Part. Nucl. Phys. 66, 309–318 [ADS]

  11. F. K. Röpke, M. Fink, W. Hillebrandt, M. Kromer, R. Pakmor, I. R. Seitenzahl, and S. A. Sim (2011),
    Multi-dimensional models of Type Ia supernovae,
    Proceedings of Science

  12. I. R. Seitenzahl, F. K. Röpke, R. Pakmor, and M. Fink (2011),
    Nucleosynthetic post-processing of Type Ia supernovae with variable tracer masses,
    Proceedings of Science [ADS]

2010

  1. W. Hillebrandt and F. K. Röpke (2010),
    Modeling type Ia supernovae,
    New Astronomy Reviews 54, 201–205 [ADS]

  2. K. Maeda, S. Benetti, M. Stritzinger, F. K. Röpke, G. Folatelli, J. Sollerman, S. Taubenberger, K. Nomoto, G. Leloudas, M. Hamuy, M. Tanaka, P. A. Mazzali, and N. Elias-Rosa (2010),
    An asymmetric explosion as the origin of spectral evolution diversity in type Ia supernovae,
    Nature 466, 82–85 [ADS]

  3. M. Kromer, S. A. Sim, M. Fink, F. K. Röpke, I. R. Seitenzahl, and W. Hillebrandt (2010),
    Double-detonation sub-Chandrasekhar supernovae: Synthetic observables for minimum helium shell mass models,
    Astrophysical Journal 719, 1067–1082 [ADS]

  4. I. R. Seitenzahl, F. K. Röpke, M. Fink, and R. Pakmor (2010),
    Nucleosynthesis in thermonuclear supernovae with tracers: convergence and variable mass particles,
    MNRAS 407, 2297–2304 [ADS]

  5. S. A. Sim, F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, M. Kromer, R. Pakmor, M. Fink, A. J. Ruiter, and I. R. Seitenzahl (2010),
    Detonations in Sub-Chandrasekhar Mass C+O White Dwarfs,
    Astrophysical Journal 714, L52–L57 [ADS]

  6. M. Fink, F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, I. R. Seitenzahl, S. A. Sim, and M. Kromer (2010),
    Double-detonation sub-Chandrasekhar supernovae: can minimum helium shell masses detonate the core?,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 514, A53 [ADS]

  7. K. Maeda, F. K. Röpke, M. Fink, W. Hillebrandt, C. Travaglio, and F.-K. Thielemann (2010),
    Nucleosynthesis in Two-Dimensional Delayed Detonation Models of Type Ia Supernova Explosions,
    Astrophysical Journal 712, 624–638 [ADS]

  8. W. Schmidt, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, J. C. Niemeyer, F. K. Röpke, and W. Hillebrandt (2010),
    Turbulence in a three-dimensional deflagration model for type Ia supernovae: II. Intermittency and the deflagration-to-detonation transition probability,
    Astrophysical Journal 710, 1683–1693 [ADS]

  9. R. Pakmor, M. Kromer, F. K. Röpke, S. A. Sim, A. J. Ruiter, and W. Hillebrandt (2010),
    Sub-luminous type Ia supernovae from the mergers of equal-mass white dwarfs with M~0.9 M_sun
    Nature, 463, 61–64 [ADS]

  10. F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, D. Kasen, and S. E. Woosley (2010),
    Modeling the Diversity of Type Ia Supernova Explosions
    to appear in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (Chamonix 2009)

  11. S. A. Sim, M. Kromer, F. K. Röpke, E. I. Sorokina, S. I. Blinnikov, D. Kasen, and W. Hillebrandt (2009),
    Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer Simulations: Applications to Astrophysical Outflows and Explosions
    to appear in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (Chamonix 2009)

2009

  1. S. E. Woosley, A. R. Kerstein, V. Sankaran, and F. K. Röpke (2009),
    Type Ia Supernovae: Calculations of Turbulent Flames Using the Linear Eddy Model,
    Astrophysical Journal 704, 255–273 [ADS]

  2. D. Kasen, F. K. Röpke and S. E. Woosley (2009),
    The diversity of type Ia supernovae from broken symmetries,
    Nature 460, 869–872 [ADS]

  3. I. R. Seitenzahl, S. Taubenberger and S. A. Sim (2009),
    Late-time supernova light curves: The effect of internal conversion and Auger electrons,
    MNRAS 400, 531–535 [ADS]

  4. R. Pakmor, F. K. Röpke, A. Weiss, and W. Hillebrandt (2009),
    The Impact of type Ia Supernovae on main sequence companions,
    AIP Conference Series 111, 285–288 [ADS]

  5. S. Sim, M. Kromer, W. Hillebrant, and F. K. Röpke (2009),
    Lopsided explosion models for Type Ia supernovae,
    AIP Conference Series 111, 281–284 [ADS]

  6. I. R. Seitenzahl, C. A. Meakin, D. Q. Lamb, and J. W. Truran (2009),
    Initiation of the detonation in the gravitationally confined detonation model of Type Ia supernovae,
    Astrophysical Journal 700, 642–653 [ADS]

  7. F. K. Röpke and W.;Schmidt (2009),
    Turbulent combustion in thermonuclear supernovae,
    in “Interdisciplinary Aspects of Turbulence”, ed. by W. Hillebrandt and F. Kupka, Lecture Notes in Physics 756, 255–289, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

  8. F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, W. Schmidt, J. C. Niemeyer, F. K. Röpke, and W. Hillebrandt (2009),
    Turbulence in a three-dimensional deflagration model for Type Ia supernovae: I. Scaling properties,
    Astrophysical Journal 696, 1491–1497 [ADS]

  9. I. R. Seitenzahl, C. A. Meakin, D. M. Townsley, D. Q. Lamb, and J. W. Truran (2009),
    Spontaneous Initiation of Detonations in White Dwarf Environments: Determination of Critical Sizes,
    Astrophysical Journal 668, 515–527 [ADS]

  10. I. R. Seitenzahl, D. M. Townsley, F. Peng, and J. W. Truran (2009),
    Nuclear statistical equilibrium for Type Ia supernova simulations,
    Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables 95, 96–114 [ADS]

2008

  1. R. Pakmor, F. K. Röpke, A. Weiss, and W. Hillebrandt (2008),
    The impact of type Ia supernovae on main sequence binary companions,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 489, 943–951 [ADS]

  2. F. K. Röpke and R. Bruckschen (2008),
    Thermonuclear Supernovae: A multi-scale astrophysical problem challenging numerical simulations and visualization,
    New Journal of Physics 10, 125009 [ADS]

  3. D. Kasen, R. C. Thomas, F. K. Röpke, and S. E. Woosley (2008),
    Multidimensional radiative transfer calculations of the light curves and spectra of Type Ia supernovae,
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series 125, 012007 [ADS]

  4. P. A. Mazzali, K. Nomoto, K. Maeda, J. Deng, S. Benetti, F. K. Röpke, and W. Hillebrandt (2008),
    The Progenitors of Type I SNe,
    ASP Conference Series 391, 347--357 [ADS]

  5. F. K. Röpke (2008),
    Thermonuclear Supernovae,
    Proceedings of Science [ADS]

2007

  1. M. Fink, W. Hillebrandt, and F. K. Röpke (2007),
    Double-detonation supernovae of sub-Chandrasekhar mass white dwarfs,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 476, 1133–1143 [ADS]

  2. F. K. Röpke (2007)
    Flame-driven deflagration-to-detonation transitions in Type Ia supernovae?,
    Astrophysical Journal 668, 1103–1108 [ADS]

  3. F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, W. Schmidt, J. C. Niemeyer, S. I. Blinnikov, and P. A. Mazzali (2007),
    A three-dimensional deflagration model for Type Ia supernovae confronted with observations,
    Astrophysical Journal 668, 1132–1139 [ADS]

  4. S. A. Sim, D. N. Sauer, F. K. Röpke, and W. Hillebrandt (2007),
    Light curves for off-centre ignition models of type Ia supernovae,
    MNRAS 378, 2–12 [ADS]

  5. W. Hillebrandt, S. A. Sim, and F. K. Röpke (2007),
    Off-center explosions of Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarfs: an explanation of super-bright type Ia supernovae?,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 465, L17–L20 [ADS]

  6. F. K. Röpke, S. E. Woosley, and W. Hillebrandt (2007),
    Off-center ignition in type Ia supernovae: I. Initial evolution and implications for delayed detonation,
    Astrophysical Journal 660, 1344–13560 [ADS]

  7. P. A. Mazzali, F. K. Röpke, S. Benetti, and W. Hillebrandt (2007),
    A Common Explosion Mechanism for Type Ia Supernovae,
    Science 315, 825–828 [ADS]

  8. F. K. Röpke and J. C. Niemeyer (2007),
    Delayed detonations in full-star models of Type Ia supernova explosions,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 464, 683–686 [ADS]

  9. D. Kasen, S. Woosley, and F. K. Röpke (2007),
    The Light Curves and Spectra of Supernova Explosions: Multi-Dimensional Time-Dependent Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer Calculations,
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series 78, 012037 [ADS]

  10. S. E. Woosley, A. Almgren, J. B. Bell, G. Glatzmaier, D. Kasen, A. R. Kerstein, H. Ma, P. Nugent, F. Röpke, V. Sankaran, and M. Zingale (2007),
    Type Ia Supernovae,
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series 78, 012081 [ADS]

  11. W. Hillebrandt and F. K. Röpke (2007),
    The Physics and Astrophysics of Type Ia Supernova Explosions,
    ASP Conference Series 374, 53–60 [ADS]

  12. W. Hillebrandt and F. K. Röpke (2007),
    Type Ia Supernovae and Cosmology,
    in “Relativistic Astrophysics Legacy and Cosmology – Einstein's Legacy” ESO Astrophysics Symposia, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 21–28 [ADS]

  13. F. K. Röpke (2007),
    Numerical simulations of multi-scale astrophysical problems: the example of Type Ia supernovae,
    in “Modelling and Simulation in Science” — Proceedings of the 6 International Workshop Data Analysis in Astronomy “Livio Scarsi”, 74–82, World Scientific, New Jersey, 2007 [ADS]