Small-scale Interaction of Turbulence with Thermonuclear Flames in Type Ia Supernovae
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Microscopic turbulence-flame interactions of thermonuclear fusion flames occuring in Type Ia Supernovae were studied by means of incompressible direct numerical simulations with a highly simplified flame description. The flame is treated as a single diffusive scalar field with a nonlinear source term. It is characterized by its Prandtl number, Pr ≪ 1, and laminar flame speed, SL. We find that if SL ≥ u , where u is the rms amplitude of turbulent velocity fluctuations, the local flame propagation speed does not significantly deviate from SL even in the presence of velocity fluctuations on scales below the laminar flame thickness. This result is interpreted in the context of subgrid-scale modeling of supernova explosions and the mechanism for deflagration-detonation-transitions. Subject headings: hydrodynamics, stars: supernovae: general
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