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Astrophysical explosions: from solar flares to cosmic gamma-ray bursts.
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PMID:  22213668     Owner:  NLM     Status:  PubMed-not-MEDLINE    
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Astrophysical explosions result from the release of magnetic, gravitational or thermonuclear energy on dynamical time scales, typically the sound-crossing time for the system. These explosions include solar and stellar flares, eruptive phenomena in accretion discs, thermonuclear combustion on the surfaces of white dwarfs and neutron stars, violent magnetic reconnection in neutron stars, thermonuclear and gravitational collapse supernovae and cosmic gamma-ray bursts, each representing a different type and amount of energy release. This paper summarizes the properties of these explosions and describes new research on thermonuclear explosions and explosions in extended circumstellar media. Parallels are drawn between studies of terrestrial and astrophysical explosions, especially the physics of the transition from deflagration-to-detonation.
Authors:
J Craig Wheeler
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Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences     Volume:  370     ISSN:  1364-503X     ISO Abbreviation:  Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci     Publication Date:  2012 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-01-03     Completed Date:  2012-02-15     Revised Date:  2013-04-24    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101133385     Medline TA:  Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci     Country:  England    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  774-99     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1400, Austin, TX 78712, USA. wheel@astro.as.utexas.edu
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