CURRICULUM VITAE
Alan Clark Calder
Mailing address:
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794-3800
E-mail: acalder@mail.astro.sunysb.edu
Nationality: U.S. Citizen
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Vanderbilt University, August, 1997.
Dissertation: Multidimensional Simulations of Core Collapse Supernovae Using Multigroup
Neutrino Transport.
Master of Science in Physics, Vanderbilt University, December, 1993.
Master of Science in Physics, Clemson University, August, 1991.
Thesis: Visual Characterization of the Nodal Surfaces of Many-Fermion Systems.
Bachelor of Science in Physics, University of the South, May 1989.
Honors Research Report: Dielectric Properties of Puddings.
Academic Positions
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Fall 2007 – present.
Senior Research Scientist, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Spring 2007.
Research Scientist, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, 2001 – 2006.
Instructor, Liberal Arts Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2004 – 2006.
Guest Faculty, Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, 2000 – 2004.
Research Associate, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Chicago, 1999 – 2001.
Research Associate, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, University of Illinois, 1997 – 1999.
Research Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, 1994 – 1997.
Consultant, Oak Ridge National Lab., 1995 – 1996.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vanderbilt University, 1991 – 1993.
Research Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, Spring and Summer of 1991.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Clemson University, 1989 – 1990.
Research Interests
Main Field: Theoretical Astrophysics
Other Fields of Experience: Quantum Monte Carlo, Many-Body Physics, Experimental Biophysics
Research Interests: Relativistic Astrophysics, Supernovae, Radiation Transport, Multidimensional Hydrodynamics, High Performance Computing, Validation, Scientific Visualization, Computational Science Education
Teaching Experience
Stony Brook University:
AST 100 Astronomy Today. Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2010 (with M. Zingale), Fall 2011 (with M. Zingale
and J. Lattimer)
AST 105 Introduction to the Solar System. Spring 2012, Spring 2013
AST 200 Intro to Astronomy Research. Spring 2009
AST 205 Introduction to Planetary Sciences. Fall 2008, Fall 2012
AST 248 Search for Life in the Universe. Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011
PHY 277 Computation for Physics and Astronomy. Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011
PHY 599 Graduate Seminar II. Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring
2012, Fall 2012
School of the Art Institute of Chicago:
Liberal Arts 3211 The Search for Life in the Universe. Spring 2005, Spring 2006
Liberal Arts 3320 Planetary Science. Spring 2004
Thesis Advisor and Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor:
• Undergraduate Students: Adam Siegel, Stony Brook University (B.S. 2011); Eric Blaney, Stony Brook
University (B.S. 2013);
• Graduate Students: B. E. Krueger, Stony Brook University (Ph.D. 2012); A. P. Jackson, Stony Brook
University (Ph.D. 2011); J. Casanova, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Ph.D. 2011, thesis advisor
J. José); A. Alexakis, University of Chicago (Ph.D. 2004, thesis advisor R. Rosner); Aaron Plasek,
School of the Art Institute (MFA, 2006)
University Service
Director, Astronomy Open Nights (Outreach) 2007-present
Departmental Web Committee 2007-2008, 2009-present
Photon Sciences Hiring Committee 2011-present
Departmental Colloquium Committee Fall 2012
Departmental Long Range Planning Committee Fall 2012
Nuclear Physics Hiring Committee 2010-2011
NYCCS Computer Science Faculty Search Committee 2010-2011
NYCCS Director Search Committee 2007-2010
CAPRA Committee 2007-2010
Departmental Qualifier Exam Committee 2008-2009
Metchev Postdoc Hiring Committee Spring 2009
Astronomy Group Seminar Spring 2010, Spring 2011 – present
Professional and Scholarly Activities
Reviewer for NASA Astrophysics Theory and Fundamental Physics 2009
Editor for Computing in Science and Engineering Special Issue Computational Astrophysics Vol. 11, No. 2,
March/April 2009.
Reviewer for DOE-HEP 2009
Reviewer for NASA Astrophysics Theory and Fundamental Physics 2007
Referee for Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Applied Physics Letters, and Computing in
Science and Engineering.
Honors, Awards, and Affiliations
Stony Brook Department of Physics and Astronomy Outstanding Faculty Award, 2012
US DOE/NNSA Certificate of Service presented to the director and members of the University of Chicago
Center for Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes, January 8, 2009
Judge, SC2005, SC2006 HPC Analytics Challenge
SC2000 Gordon Bell Prize, Special Category
Joseph Sheffield Memorial Society
Vanderbilt University:
Judge, Adventures in Supercomputing exposition, 1995
Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science, Group Leader 1994 – 1995
Vanderbilt Student Volunteers for Science, 1993 – 1994
Clemson University:
Sigma Pi Sigma
Society of Physics Students
University of the South:
Departmental Honors in Physics
Order of the Gownsmen
Sigma Pi Sigma
Society of Physics Students
Delta Kappa Epsilon National Fraternity – Tau Delta Chapter President, Fall 1988
Personal:
Eagle Scout, Awarded Fall 1985
Memberships in Professional Societies
American Astronomical Society
American Physical Society
Grants and Allocations
Extant awards
Co-Investigator, DOE Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE)
award. Next-Generation Petascale Simulations of Type Ia Supernovae, 105 MCPU-hours awarded November
2, 2012.
Principal Investigator, NSF Award AST-1211563 White Dwarf Mergers as Progenitors of Type Ia Supernovae, August 15, 2012 - July 31, 2015. $437,643
Co-Investigator, DOE Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE)
award. Toward Exascale Computing of Type Ia and Ib,c Supernovae: V&V of Current Models. 40 MCPUhours awarded November 3, 2011.
Co-Principal Investigator, TACC TeraGrid award. Evaluating Systematic Dependencies of Type Ia Supernovae and the Character of Thermonuclear Detonations in White Dwarf Stars. 1.6 MSUs awarded October
1, 2011.
Co-Investigator, DOE Office of Nuclear Physics # DE-FG02-87ER40317, Research in Nuclear Astrophysics:
Supernovae and Neutron Stars. $670,000 December 1, 2010 - November 31, 2013.
Previous awards
Principal Investigator, NASA ATFP # NNX09AD19G Research Into the Systematics of Type Ia Supernovae.
$252,111 December 1, 2008 - November 31, 2011.
Principal Investigator, TACC TeraGrid award. Thermonuclear Bursts on the Surfaces of Compact Astrophysical Objects. 2.1 MSUs awarded October 1, 2011.
Co-Principal Investigator, TACC TeraGrid award. Thermonuclear Bursts on the Surfaces of Compact Astrophysical Objects. 1.0 MSUs awarded September 16, 2010.
Co-Principal Investigator, TACC TeraGrid award. Evaluating Systematic Dependencies, Physical Consistency, Theoretical Uncertainty and Observable Characteristics in Computational Models of Type Ia Supernovae. 4.0 MSUs awarded June 18, 2010.
Co-Investigator, DOE Office of Nuclear Physics # DE-FG02-87ER40317, Research in Nuclear Astrophysics:
Supernovae and Neutron Stars. $627,000 December 1, 2007 - November 31, 2010.
Co-Principal Investigator, TACC TeraGrid award. Evaluating Systematic Dependencies, Physical Consistency, Theoretical Uncertainty and Observable Characteristics in Computational Models of Type Ia Supernovae. 5.3 MSUs awarded June 18, 2009.
Principal Investigator, DOE Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) award. Fundamental Research in Type Ia Supernovae. 35 MCPU-hours awarded November 18, 2009.
Principal Investigator, DOE HEP # DE-FG02-07ER41516. Making the Standard Candle: A study of how
the progenitor white dwarf modulates the peak luminosity of type Ia supernovae. $78,516 September 1, 2008
- August 31, 2009. (SBU component)
Co-Investigator, DOE HEP # DE-FG02-08ER41570 Making the Standard Candle: A study of how the progenitor white dwarf modulates the peak luminosity of type Ia supernovae. $30,249 September 1, 2008 - August
31, 2009. (MSU component)
Co-Investigator, DOE HEP # DE-FG02-08ER41565 Making the Standard Candle: A study of how the progenitor white dwarf modulates the peak luminosity of type Ia supernovae. $29,564 September 1, 2008 - August
31, 2009. (ASU component)
Principal Investigator, DOE HEP # DE-FG02-07ER41516. Making the Standard Candle: A study of how
the progenitor white dwarf modulates the peak luminosity of type Ia supernovae. $30,000 September 1, 2007
- August 31, 2008.
Co-Investigator, DOE HEP # KA1401020 Making the Standard Candle: A study of how the progenitor white
dwarf modulates the peak luminosity of type Ia supernovae. $30,000 September 1, 2007 - August 31, 2008.
(Lab component)
Co-Principal Investigator, 2007 Department of Energy Innovative and Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) award, Study of the Gravitationally Confined Detonation Mechanism for Type
Ia Supernovae, 2,500,000 processor hours on the NERSC HPC at LBNL.
Co-Investigator, Proposal to participate in the Jũlich BG/L Scaling Workshop, December 5-7, 2006, Thermonuclear Supernovae: Simulations of Delayed Detonation with Adaptive Mesh Refinement and Lagrangian
Tracer Particles. ≈ 100, 000 CPU hrs. on 8 rack BG/L system. http://www.fz-juelich.de/jsc/bgl-sws06/
Co-Investigator, Department of Energy (NNSA/FAC) Solicitation # DE-SC52-06NA26436, Award DE FG52
07NA28058 Experimental Astrophysics on the Omega Laser. 80 shots for FY07 and FY08 and $360,014
Co-Principal Investigator, NSF AST Award 0507456, Type Ia Supernovae: Simulations and Nucleosynthesis,
July 1, 2005 - June 30, 2008. $217,661
Principal Investigator, NASA Project Columbia allocation, The Application of an Interoperability Based
Environment for Adaptive Meshes to Radiation-Hydrodynamic Models of Gamma-Ray Bursts, 100,000 CPU
hrs.
Principal Investigator, NASA Advanced Supercomputing Division allocation under High Performance Computing and Communications program (IBEAM project), 500,000 CPU hrs./yr. FY02, FY03, FY04.
Co-Investigator, Department of Energy (NNSA/FAC) Solicitation # DE-PS03-02SF22493, Experimental Astrophysics on the Omega Laser. 40 shots/year for FY03 and FY04.
Principal Investigator, NASA CAN-00-OES-01 Subcontract, Development of an Interoperability Based Environment for Adaptive Meshes (IBEAM) with Applications to Radiation-Hydrodynamic Models of Gamma-Ray
Bursts. October 1, 2001 - September 30, 2004. $228,024
Co-Investigator, NASA Cooperative Agreement Notice CAN-00-OES-01, Development of an Interoperability
Based Environment for Adaptive Meshes (IBEAM) with Applications to Radiation-Hydrodynamic Models of
Gamma-Ray Bursts. Selected for negotiation June 4, 2001. $1.8M/3 yrs.
Principal Investigator, Partners for Advanced Computational Services Startup Allocation (NCSA), 4000 SUs
on the SGI-CRAY Origin2000, Awarded December 23, 1998
Refereed Publications
42. Turbulence–Flame Interaction Model for Astrophysical Flames. A. P. Jackson, D. M. Townsley, A. C.
Calder. ApJ, in prep., 2013
41. Model Independent Determination of Electron Fraction for Individual SNIa. Soma De, F. X. Timmes,
Wendy Hawley, Themis Athanassiadou, David A. Chamulak, Dennis Jack, Edward F. Brown, Alan C.
Calder, Dean M. Townsley. ApJ, submitted, 2013
40. FLASH: A Software System for Simulations of Astrophysical and Many Other Multiphysics Phenomena A. Dubey, A. Calder, R. Fisher, C. Graziani, G. C. Jordan, D. Q. Lamb, L. B. Reid, D. Townsley,
K. Weide. Others. Int. J. High Perform. C. (IJHPCA), submitted, 2013
39. The Influence of Chemical Composition on Models of Type Ia Supernovae. A. C. Calder, B. K. Krueger,
A. P. Jackson, D. M. Townsley, FrPhy, in press, 2013
38. The Software Development Process of FLASH, a Multiphysics Simulation Code A. Dubey, K. Antypas,
A.C Calder, B. Fryxell, D.Q. Lamb, P.M. Ricker, L.B. Reid, K. Riley, R. Rosner, A. Siegel, F.X.
Timmes N. Vladimirova , Klaus Weide. in press, 2013 in proc. International Workshop on Software
Engineering for Computational Science and Engineering (SE-CSE2013), May 18, 2013, In Conjunction
with ICSE 2013.
37. Pragmatic Optimizations for Best Scientific Utilization of Large Supercomputers. A. Dubey, A. Calder,
R. Fisher, C. Graziani, G. C. Jordan, D. Q. Lamb, L. B. Reid, D. Townsley, K. Weide. Int. J. High
Perform. C. (IJHPCA), in press, 2013
36. On Simulating Type Ia Supernovae. A. C. Calder, B. K. Krueger, A. P. Jackson, D. M. Townsley,
E. F. Brown, and F. X. Timmes. Proceedings of the 2011 Conference on Computational Physics.
Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Oct. 30 – Nov. 3, 2011. J. Phys. Conf. Ser. 402 012023, 2012
35. Evaluating Systematic Dependencies of Type Ia Supernovae: The Influence of Central Density. B. K.
Krueger, A. P. Jackson, D. M. Townsley, A. C. Calder, E. F. Brown, and F. X. Timmes. ApJ, 757,
175, 2012
34. Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities as the sources of inhomogeneous mixing in nova explosions. J. Casanova,
J. José, E. Garcı́a-Berro, S. N. Shore, A. C. Calder. Nature, 478, 490 2011
33. Mixing in classical novae: a 2-D sensitivity study. J. Casanova, J. José, E. Garcı́a-Berro, A. C. Calder,
S. N. Shore. A&A, 527, A5, 2011
32. Evaluating Systematic Dependencies of Type Ia Supernovae: The Influence of Deflagration to Detonation Density. A. P. Jackson, A. C. Calder, D. M. Townsley, D. A. Chamulak, E. F. Brown, and F. X.
Timmes. ApJ, 720, 99, 2010
31. On Variations of the Brightness of Type Ia Supernovae with the Age of the Host Stellar Population.
B. K. Krueger, A. P. Jackson, D. M. Townsley, A. C. Calder, E. F. Brown, F. X. Timmes. ApJ, 719,
L5, 2010
30. On mixing at the core-envelope interface during classical nova outbursts. J. Casanova, J. José, E.
Garcı́a-Berro, A. C. Calder, S. N. Shore. A&A, 513, L5, 2010
29. Evaluating Systematic Dependencies of Type Ia Supernovae: The Influence of Progenitor 22 Ne Content
on Dynamics. D. M. Townsley, A. P. Jackson, A. C. Calder, D. A. Chamulak, E. F. Brown, and F. X.
Timmes. ApJ, 701, 1582, 2009
28. Three-Dimensional Simulations of the Deflagration Phase of the Gravitationally Confined Detonation
Model of Type Ia Supernovae. G. C. Jordan IV, R. T. Fisher, D. M. Townsley, A. C. Calder, C.
Graziani, S. M. Asida, D. Q. Lamb, and J. W. Truran. ApJ, 681, 1448, 2008
27. Tera-scale Turbulence Computation on BG/L Using the FLASH3 Code. R. Fisher, S. Abarzhi, K. Antypas, S. M. Asida, A. C. Calder, F. Cattaneo, P. Constantin, A. Dubey, I. Foster, J. B. Gallagher,
M. K. Ganapathy, C.C. Glendenin, L. Kadanoff, D.Q. Lamb, S. Needham, M. Papka, T. Plewa,
L.B. Reid, P. Rich, K. Riley, and D. Sheeler. IBM J. Res. & Dev. 52, 127, 2008
26. Flame Evolution During Type Ia Supernovae and the Deflagration Phase in the Gravitationally Confined Detonation Scenario. D. M. Townsley, A. C. Calder, S. M. Asida, I. Seitenzahl, F. Peng, N.
Vladimirova, D. Q. Lamb, and J. Truran. ApJ, 668, 1118, 2007
25. Capturing the Fire: Flame Energetics and Neutronization for Type Ia Supernovae. A. C. Calder, D.
M. Townsley, O. E. B. Messer, I. Seitenzahl, F. Peng, E. F. Brown, N. Vlaidimirova, J. Truran, and
D. Q. Lamb. ApJ, 656, 313, 2007
24. The Late-Time Behavior of the Single-mode Rayleigh-Taylor Problem. P. Ramaprabhu, G. Dimonte,
A. C. Calder, and B. Fryxell. Phys. Rev. E, 74, 066308, 2006
23. Scientific Applications on the Massively Parallel BG/L Machine. K. Antypas, A.C. Calder, A. Dubey,
R. Fisher, M.K. Ganapathy, J.B. Gallagher, L.B. Reid, K. Riley, D. Sheeler, and N. Taylor. Proc. Parallel and Distributed Processing Techniques and Applications (PDPTA ’06) H. R. Arabnia ed. Volume
1, ISBN 1-932415-86-6, CSREA Press 2006
22. Laboratory Astrophysics Experiments for Simulation Code Validation: A Case Study. A. C. Calder.
Ap&SS, 298, 25, 2005
21. Type Ia Supernovae: Simulations and Nucleosynthesis. E. F. Brown, A. C. Calder, T. Plewa, P. M.
Ricker, K. Robinson, J. B. Gallagher. Nuclear Physics A, 758, 451, 2005
20. Type Ia Supernova Explosion: Gravitationally Confined Detonation. T. Plewa, A. C. Calder, and D.
Q. Lamb. ApJ, 612, L37, 2004
19. On the Nonlinear Evolution of Wind-driven Gravity Waves. A. Alexakis, A. C. Calder, L. J. Dursi, R.
Rosner. F. X. Timmes, B. Fryxell, M. Zingale, P. M. Ricker, and K. Olson. Phys. Fluids, 16, No. 9,
3256, 2004
18. Validating Astrophysical Simulation Codes. A. C. Calder, L. J. Dursi, B. Fryxell, T. Plewa, V. G.
Weirs, T. Dupont, H. F. Robey, J. O. Kane, R. P. Drake, B. A. Remington, G. Dimonte, J. Hayes, J.
M. Stone, P. M. Ricker, F. X. Timmes, M. Zingale, and K. Olson. CiSE 6 No. 5, 10, 2004
17. A comparison of high-resolution 3D numerical simulations of turbulent Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) instability: Alpha-Group collaboration. G. Dimonte, D. Youngs, A. Dimits, S. Weber, M. Marinak, S. Wunsch,
C. Garasi, A. Robinson, M. J. Andrews, P. Ramaprabhu, A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, J. Biello, L. Dursi,
P. MacNeice, K. Olson, P. Ricker, R. Rosner, F. Timmes, H. Tufo, Y.-N. Young, and M. Zingale. Phys.
Fluids, 16, No. 5, 1668, 2004
16. On Heavy Element Enrichment in Classical Novae. A. Alexakis, A. C. Calder, A. Heger, E. F. Brown,
L. J. Dursi, J. W. Truran. R. Rosner. D. Q. Lamb, F. X. Timmes, B. Fryxell, M. Zingale, P. M.
Ricker, and K. Olson. ApJ, 602 931, 2004
15. Morphology of Rising Hydrodynamic and Magneto-hydrodynamic Bubbles from Numerical Simulations.
K. Robinson, L. J. Dursi, P. M. Ricker, R. Rosner. T. Linde, M. Zingale, A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, J.
W. Truran. F. X. Timmes, A. Caceres, K. Olson. K. Riley, A. Siegel, and N. Vladimirova. ApJ, 601
621, 2004
14. The Response of Model and Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flames to Curvature and Stretch. L. J.
Dursi, M. Zingale, A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, F. X. Timmes, N. Vladimirova, R. Rosner. A. Caceres, D.
Q. Lamb, K. Olson, P. M. Ricker, K. Riley, A. Siegel, and J. W. Truran. ApJ, 595 955, 2003
13. Mapping Hydrostatic Models in Godunov Codes. M. Zingale, L. J. Dursi, J. ZuHone, A. C. Calder, B.
Fryxell, T. Plewa, J. W. Truran, A. Cacares, K. Olson, P. M. Ricker, K. Riley, R. Rosner, A. Siegel,
F. X. Timmes, and N. Vladimirova. ApJS, 143 539, 2002
12. On Validating an Astrophysical Simulation Code. A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, T. Plewa, R. Rosner, L. J.
Dursi, V. G. Weirs, T. Dupont, H. F. Robey, J. O. Kane, B. A. Remington, R. P. Drake, G. Dimonte,
M. Zingale, F. X. Timmes, K. Olson, P. Ricker, P. MacNeice, and H. M. Tufo. ApJS, 143 201, 2002
11. Numerical Models of Binary Neutron Star System Mergers II.: Coalescing Models with Post-Newtonian
Radiation Reaction Forces. A. C. Calder and E. Y. M. Wang. ApJ, 570 303, 2002
10. Interface Imprinting by a Rippled Shock Using an Intense Laser. J. O. Kane, H. F. Robey B. A.
Remington, R. P. Drake, J. Knauer, D. D. Ryutov, H. Louis, R. Teyssier, O. Hurricane, D. Arnett, R.
Rosner, and A. Calder. Phys. Rev. E, 63, 055401(R), 2001
9. Numerical Simulations of Thermonuclear Flashes on Neutron Stars. B. Fryxell, M. Zingale, F. X.
Timmes, D. Q. Lamb, K. Olson, A. C. Calder, L. J. Dursi, P. Ricker, R. Rosner, J. W. Truran, P.
MacNeice, and H. Tufo. Nuclear Physics A, 688 172, 2001
8. Helium Detonations on Neutron Stars. M. Zingale, J. W. Truran, F. X. Timmes, B. Fryxell, D. Q.
Lamb, K. Olson, A. C. Calder, L. J. Dursi, P. Ricker, R. Rosner, P. MacNeice, and H. Tufo. ApJS,
133 195, 2001
7. High-Performance Reactive Fluid Flow Simulations Using Adaptive Mesh Refinement on Thousands of
Processors. A. C. Calder, B. C. Curtis, L. J. Dursi, B. Fryxell, G. Henry, P. MacNeice, K. Olson, P.
Ricker, R. Rosner, F. X. Timmes, J. W. Truran, H. M. Tufo, and M. Zingale. in Proc. Supercomputing
2000, IEEE Computer Soc. 2000, http://sc2000.org (Gordon Bell Prize)
6. On The Cellular Structure of Carbon Detonations. F. X. Timmes, M. Zingale, K. Olson, B. Fryxell,
P. Ricker, A. C. Calder, L. J. Dursi, J. W. Truran, H. Tufo, P. MacNeice, and R. Rosner. ApJ, 543
938, 2000
5. Numerical Models of Binary Neutron Star System Mergers. I.: Numerical Methods and Equilibrium
Data for Newtonian Models. F. D. Swesty, E. Y. M. Wang, and A. C. Calder. ApJ, 541 937, 2000
4. Flash Code: Studying Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes. R. Rosner, A. Calder, J. Dursi, B. Fryxell,
D. Q. Lamb, J. C. Niemeyer, K. Olson, P. Ricker, F. X. Timmes, J. W. Truran, H. Tufo, Y-N Young,
M. Zingale, Ewing Lusk, and Rick Stevens. CiSE, 2 No. 2, 33, 2000
3. An Investigation of Neutrino-Driven Convection and the Core Collapse Supernovae Mechanism Using
Multigroup Neutrino Transport. A. Mezzacappa, A. C. Calder, S. W. Bruenn, J. M. Blondin, M. W.
Guidry, M. R. Strayer, and A. S. Umar. ApJ, 495 911, 1998
2. The Interplay Between Protoneutron Star Convection and Neutrino Transport in Core Collapse Supernovae. A. Mezzacappa, A. C. Calder, S. W. Bruenn, J. M. Blondin, M. W. Guidry, M. R. Strayer, and
A. S. Umar. ApJ, 493 848, 1998
1. Visualization of the Local Contribution to the Nodal Surface of a Many-Fermion Wave Function. A.
C. Calder, M. R. Curry, R. M. Panoff, and Y. J. Wong. Phys. Rev. E, 53, 5450, 1996
Contributed Papers
31. Classical and Recurrent Nova Models. Jordi José, Jordi Casanova, Enrique Garcı́a-Berro, Margarita
Hernanz, Steven N. Shore and Alan C. Calder. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union,
7, pp 80-87, doi:10.1017/S1743921312014743, 2013
30. Mixing in Classical Nova Outbursts. J. Casanova, J. José, E. Garcı́a-Berro, A. C. Calder, S. N. Shore.
Proceedings of The Eleventh International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, POS (NIC XI) 204,
2011
29. Turbulence-Flame Interaction on the Early Evolution of Flames in Type Ia Supernovae A. Jackson,
A. C. Calder, D. Townsley, D. Chamulak, E. Brown, and F. Timmes. Proceedings of The Eleventh
International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, POS (NIC XI) 249, 2011
28. Evaluating Systematic Dependencies of Type Ia Supernovae: The Influence of Deflagration to Detonation Transition Density. A. C. Calder, A. Jackson, B. Krueger, D. Townsley, D. Chamulak, E. Brown,
and F. Timmes. Proceedings of The Eleventh International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, POS
(NIC XI) 251, 2011
27. On Variations of the Brightness of Type Ia Supernovae With Age of Host Stellar Population. B.
Krueger, A. Jackson, D. Townsley, A. Calder, E. Brown, and F. Timmes. Proceedings of The Eleventh
International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, POS (NIC XI) 253, 2011
26. Evaluating Systematic Dependencies of Type Ia Supernovae.
A. C. Calder, B. K. Krueger,
A. P. Jackson, D. M. Townsley, F. X. Timmes, E. F. Brown, and D. A. Chamulak.
Proceedings of the 2010 Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing (SciDAC)
Conference, Chattanooga, Tennessee, July 11-15, 2010.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
http://computing.ornl.gov/workshops/scidac2010/2010 SciDAC Proceedings.pdf.
25. Advances in Computational Astrophysics. A. C. Calder, and R. T. Kouzes. Introduction to special
issue Computational Astrophysics, CiSE, 11 No. 2, 15, 2009
24. Preliminary Results of Three-Dimensional Simulations of the Deflagration Phase of the Gravitationally
Confined Detonation Model of Type Ia Supernovae. G. C. Jordan IV, R. T. Fisher, D. M. Townsley, A.
C. Calder, C. Graziani, S. M. Asida, D. Q. Lamb, and J. W. Truran, in Numerical Modeling of Space
Plasma Flows: Astronum-2007 ASP Conference Series, Volume 385, Proceedings of the Conference
held 10-15 June, 2007, Paris, France. N. V. Pogorelov, E. Audit, G. P. Zank, eds. San Francisco:
Astronomical Society of the Pacific., p. 97
23. New insights in to the single-mode Rayleigh-Taylor instability. P. Ramaprabhu, G. Dimonte, A. C.
Calder, and B. Fryxell, in Proceedings of the Tenth International Workshop on The Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing, eds. M. Legrand and M Vandenboomgaerde. Bruyères-le-Châtel: Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique, 2007, pp. 309-313. Published electronically at http://www.iwpctm.org/
22. Type Ia Supernovae: Energetics, Neutronization, and Nucleosynthesis. J. W. Truran, A. C. Calder, D.
M. Townsley, I. R. Seitenzahl, N. Vladimirova, D. Q. Lamb, and E. F. Brown. in The Multicoloured
Landscape of Compact Objects and their Explosive Origins, L. Burderi et al. eds., AIP Conference
Proceedings, Volume 924, 2007, pp. 203-209.
21. A Case Study of Verifying and Validating an Astrophysical Simulation Code. A. C. Calder, N. T.
Taylor, K. Antypas, and D. Sheeler, in Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows: Astronum-2006
ASP Conference Series, Volume 359, Proceedings of the Conference Held 26-30 March, 2006, in Palm
Springs, California, USA. G.P. Zank and N.V. Pogorelov, eds. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of
the Pacific., p. 119
20. FLASH: Applications and Future. K.B. Antypas, A. C. Calder, A. Dubey, J. B. Gallagher, J. Joshi, D.
Q. Lamb, T. Linde, E. Lusk, O. E. B. Messer, A. Mignone, H. Pan, M. Papka, F. Peng, T. Plewa, P.
M. Ricker, K. Riley, D. Sheeler, A. Siegel, N. Taylor, J. W. Truran, N. Vladimirova, G. Weirs, D. Yu,
Z. Zhang. in Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics 2005: Theory and Applications, eds. A. Deane,
G. Brenner, A. Ecer, D. R. Emerson, j. McDonough, J. Periaux, N. Satofuka, D. Tromeur-Dervout.
Elsevier, Amsterdam, 2006, p. 325
19. Deflagrations Evolved from an Off-Center Ignition. J. W. Truran, A. C. Calder, T. Plewa, N.
Vladimirova, and D. Q. Lamb, in Proc. of the 12th Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics (Ringberg
Castle, March 22-27, 2004), MPA/P14, eds. E. Müller and Hans-Thomas Janka, Garching, 2004, p. 96
18. Breaking Gravity Waves: A Mechanism for Nova Enrichment. A. C. Calder, A. Alexakis, A. Heger,
E. F. Brown, L. J. Dursi, J. W. Truran, R. Rosner, and J. José, in Proc. of the 12th Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics (Ringberg Castle, March 22-27, 2004), MPA/P14, eds. E. Müller and Hans-Thomas
Janka, Garching, 2004, p. 69
17. Simulations of Rising Hydrodynamic and Magnetohydrodynamic Bubbles. P. M. Ricker, K. Robinson,
L. J. Dursi, R. Rosner, T. Linde, M. Zingale, A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, T. Plewa, J. W. Truran, A. Caceres, K. Olson, K. Riley, A. Siegel, N. Vladimirova. In Proceedings of The Riddle of Cooling Flows in
Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies (held in Charlottesville, VA, May 31 - June 4, 2003), eds. T. Reiprich,
J. Kempner, and N. Soker. Published electronically at http://www.astro.virginia.edu/coolflow/
16. A Case Study of Verifying and Validating an Astrophysical Simulation Code. A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell,
T. Plewa, R. Rosner, L. J. Dursi, V. G. Weirs, T. Dupont, H. F. Robey, J. O. Kane, B. A. Remington, R. P. Drake, G. Dimonte, M. Zingale, A. Siegel A. Caceres, K. Riley, N. Vladimoriva, P.
Ricker, F. X. Timmes, K. Olson, and H. M. Tufo. Prepared for Foundations 2002, October 22-23, 2002
http://www.trainingsystems.org/events/31V0
15. Investigations of Pointwise Ignition of Helium Deflagrations on Neutron Stars. M. Zingale, S. E.
Woosley, A. Cumming, A. Calder, L. J. Dursi, B. Fryxell, K. Olson, P. Ricker, R. Rosner, and F. X.
Timmes in 3-d Stellar Evolution, eds. S Turcotte, S. Keller, and R. Cavallo, ASP conference proceedings vol. 293, ASP, San Francisco, 2003, p. 329
14. Onset of Convection on a Pre-Runaway White Dwarf. L. J. Dursi, A. C. Calder, A. Alexakis, J. W.
Truran, M. Zingale, B. Fryxell, P. Ricker, F. X. Timmes, and K. Olson. in Classical Nova Explosions,
eds. M. Hernanz and J. José, AIP, Melville, 2002, p. 139
13. Mixing by Non-linear Wave Breaking at the Surface of a White Dwarf. A. C. Calder, A. Alexakis, L.
J. Dursi, R. Rosner, J. W. Truran, B. Fryxell, P. Ricker, M. Zingale, K. Olson, F. X. Timmes, and P.
MacNeice. in Classical Nova Explosions, eds. M. Hernanz and J. José, AIP, Melville, 2002, p. 134
12. Mixing by Wave Breaking at the Surface of a White Dwarf. J. W. Truran, A. Alexakis, L. J. Dursi, A.
C. Calder, M. Zingale, B. Fryxell, P. Ricker, F. X. Timmes, R. Rosner, and K. Olson, in Proc. of the
11th Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics (Ringberg Castle, February 11-16, 2002), MPA/P13, eds. W.
Hillebrandt and E. Müller, Garching, 2002, p. 186
11. A Semi-analytic Model for the Radiation Reaction Luminosity for post-Newtonian Binary Neutron Star
Mergers. F. D. Swesty and A. C. Calder. in Relativistic Astrophysics, eds. J. C. Wheeler and H. Martel, AIP, Melville, 2001, p. 808
10. Coalescing Binary Neutron Star Systems. A. C. Calder, F. D. Swesty, and E. Y. M. Wang. in Relativistic Astrophysics, eds. J. C. Wheeler and H. Martel, AIP, Melville, 2001, p. 796
9. Quenching Processes in Flame-Vortex Interactions. M. Zingale, J. C. Niemeyer, F. X. Timmes, L. J.
Dursi, A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, D. Q. Lamb, K. Olson, P. M. Ricker, R. Rosner, and P. MacNeice. in
Relativistic Astrophysics, eds. J. C. Wheeler and H. Martel, AIP, Melville, 2001, p. 490
8. Simulations of Astrophysical Fluid Instabilities. A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, R. Rosner, L. J. Dursi, K.
Olson, P. M. Ricker, F. X. Timmes, M. Zingale, P. MacNeice, and H. M. Tufo. in Relativistic Astrophysics, eds. J. C. Wheeler and H. Martel, AIP, Melville, 2001, p. 484
7. Adaptive Mesh Simulations of Astrophysical Detonations Using the ASCI Flash Code. B. Fryxell, A.
C. Calder, L. J. Dursi, D. Q. Lamb, P. MacNeice, K. Olson, P. M. Ricker, R. Rosner, F. X. Timmes, J.
W. Truran, H. M. Tufo, M. Zingale. in Proceedings of the VII International Workshop on Advanced
Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research (ACAT 2000), P. C. Bhat and M. Kasemann,
eds. AIP Press, Melville, 2001, p. 223
6. Large-Scale Simulations of Clusters of Galaxies. P. M. Ricker A. C. Calder, L. J. Dursi, B. Fryxell, D.
Q. Lamb, P. MacNeice, K. Olson, R. Rosner, F. X. Timmes, J. W. Truran, H. M. Tufo, M. Zingale. in
Proceedings of the VII International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in
Physics Research (ACAT 2000), P. C. Bhat and M. Kasemann, eds. AIP Press, Melville, 2001, p. 316
5. Numerical Simulations of Thermonuclear Flashes on Neutron Stars. B. Fryxell, M. Zingale, F. X.
Timmes, D. Q. Lamb, K. Olson, A. C. Calder, L. J. Dursi, P. Ricker, R. Rosner, J. W. Truran, P.
MacNeice, and H. Tufo. in Proc. of the Sixth International Conference on Nuclei in the Cosmos,
Aarhus, Denmark, 27 June - 1 July, 2000. ed. J. Christensen-Dalsgaard and K. Langanke, Elsevier,
Amsterdam 2001, p. 172c
4. What is 29 Doradus? J. R. Dickel, J. B. Kaler, A. C. Calder, R. F. Webbink, E. Olszewski, D. Welch,
E. C. Olson, N. L. Romero, and D. F. Bright. Mercury, 29 No. 5, 38, 2000
3. Helium Detonations on Neutron Stars. B. Fryxell, M. Zingale, F. X. Timmes, D. Q. Lamb, K. Olson,
A. C. Calder, L. J. Dursi, P. Ricker, R. Rosner, J. W. Truran, P. MacNeice, and H. Tufo. in Proc.
of the 10th Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics (Ringberg Castle, March 20-25, 2000), MPA/P12, eds.
W. Hillebrandt and E. Müller, Garching, 2000, p. 38
2. Numerical Models of Newtonian and Post-Newtonian Binary Neutron Star Mergers. E. Y. M. Wang,
F. D. Swesty, and A. C. Calder, in Stellar Evolution, Stellar Explosions, and Galactic Chemical Evolution, ed. A. Mezzacappa, IOP Publishing Ltd, Bristol, 1998, p. 723
1. Numerical Methods for Modeling Binary Neutron Star Systems. A. C. Calder, F. D. Swesty, and E. Y.
M. Wang, in Stellar Evolution, Stellar Explosions, and Galactic Chemical Evolution, ed. A. Mezzacappa, IOP Publishing Ltd, Bristol, 1998, p. 715
Abstracts
96. Model Independent Determination of Electron Fraction for Individual SNIa. S. De, F. Timmes. W.
Hawley, D. Chamulak, T. Athanassiadou, D. Jack, A. Calder, E. Brown, and D. Townsley. BAAS, 45
443.20, 2013.
95. An Investigation into the Parameters of Photospheric Radius Expansion X-ray Bursts. Marina von
Steinkirch, J. M. Lattimer, and A. Calder. BAAS, 45 443.15, 2013.
94. Double White Dwarf Mergers with CASTRO. M. F. Katz, M. Zingale. A. Calder, and F. D. Swesty.
BAAS, 45 253.21, 2013.
93. On Determining the Metallicity of Individual SNIa Progenitors. S. De, F. Timmes. W. Hawley, T.
Athanassiadou, D. Chamulak, D. Jack, A. Calder, E. Brown, and D. Townsley. The XII International
Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, August 5-10, 2012. http://nic2012.org/
92. The Influence of Central Density on the Brightness of Type Ia Supernovae. A. C. Calder, B. K.
Krueger, A. P. Jackson, D. M. Townsley, E. F. Brown, and F. X. Timmes. Poster at ASNY meeting,
April 21, 2012. https://sites.google.com/site/2012asnymeeting/schedule
91. Low Mach Number Simulations of Classical Novae. B. K. Krueger, A. C. Calder, M. Zingale, A. S.
Almgren, J. B. Bell, and A. Nonaka. BAAS, 44 211.04D, 2012.
90. The Influence of Central Density on the Brightness of Type Ia Supernovae. A. C. Calder, B. K.
Krueger, A. P. Jackson, D. M. Townsley, E. F. Brown, and F. X. Timmes. BAAS, 44 242.16, 2012.
89. Turbulent Combustion in Type Ia Supernovae. A. P. Jackson, D. M. Townsley, A. C. Calder. BAAS,
44 242.21, 2012.
88. Turbulence and Combustion in Type Ia Supernovae. Aaron Jackson, Dean Townsley, and Alan Calder.
BAPS, 56 No. 18, M5.00001, 2011.
87. Effects of Initial Composition on A=28-48 Reaction Flows in Thermonuclear Supernovae. David A.
Chamulak, Edward F. Brown, Alan C. Calder, Aaron P. Jackson, Brendan K. Krueger, F. X. Timmes,
and Dean M. Townsley. BAPS, 56 No. 12, HG.0003, 2011.
86. Evaluating Systematic Dependence of Type Ia Supernovae: The Influence of Progenitor Central Density. B. K. Krueger, A. C. Calder, D. M. Townsley, A. P. Jackson, and E. F. Brown. BAAS, 43 506,
2011.
85. On the Role of Turbulence in Type Ia Supernovae. A. P. Jackson, A. C. Calder, D. M. Townsley, D.
A. Chamulak, E. F. Brown. and F. X. Timmes. BAAS, 43 654, 2011.
84. Metallicity and the Nucleosynthesis of the Intermediate Mass Elements in Type Ia Supernovae D.
Chamulak, E. F. Brown, A. C. Calder, A. P. Jackson, B. K Krueger, F. X. Timmes, and D. M. Townsley. BAAS, 43 618, 2011.
83. On Mixing at the Core-envelope Interface Duing Classical Nova Outbursts.
J. Casanova,
J. José, E. Garcı́a-Berro, A. Calder, and S. Shore.
The Eleventh International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, July 19-23, 2010.
NIC XI 262 http://www.lsw.uniheidelberg.de/nic2010/BookofAbstracts100715.pdf
82. An Investigation Into the Systematics of Type Ia Supernovae.
A. Calder, A. Jackson, B.
Krueger, D. Townsley, D. Chamulak, E. Brown, and F. Timmes.
The Eleventh International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, July 19-23, 2010. NIC XI 281 http://www.lsw.uniheidelberg.de/nic2010/BookofAbstracts100715.pdf
81. Evaluating Systematic Dependencies of Type Ia Supernovae: The Influence of Deflagration to Detonation Density A. Jackson, A. Calder, D. Townsley, D. Chamulak, E. Brown, and F. Timmes.
The Eleventh International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, July 19-23, 2010. NIC XI 316
http://www.lsw.uni-heidelberg.de/nic2010/BookofAbstracts100715.pdf
80. On Variations of the Brightness of Type Ia Supernovae With Age of Host Stellar Population. B.
Krueger, A. Jackson, D. Townsley, A. Calder, E. Brown, and F. Timmes. The Eleventh International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, July 19-23, 2010. NIC XI 309 http://www.lsw.uniheidelberg.de/nic2010/BookofAbstracts100715.pdf
79. Advances in the Modeling of Type Ia Supernovae. Alan Calder. BAPS, 55 No. 1, K3.0001, 2010.
78. Dependence of Type Ia Supernovae on Progenitor Density. B. K. Krueger, A. C. Calder, D. M. Townsley, A. P. Jackson, and E. F. Brown. BAAS, 42 356, 2010.
77. Evaluating Systematic Dependencies of Type Ia Supernovae: The Influence of Deflagration to Detonation Density. A. P. Jackson, A. C. Calder, D. M. Townsley, D. A. Chamulak, E. F. Brown, and F. X.
Timmes. BAAS, 42 360, 2010.
76. Modeling Type Ia Supernova Explosions. Alan Calder. BAPS, 53 No. 5, 67, 2008.
75. A Mechanism for Type Ia Supernova Explosions. A. C. Calder, Contributed talk at ASNY meeting,
April 14, 2007. http://myslu.stlawu.edu/ aodo/ASNY/Meetings/Hofstra/ScheduleAbstracts.pdf
74. Flame Energetics and Neutronization in the Deflagration Phase of Type Ia Supernovae. D. Townsley,
S. M. Asida, A. C. Calder, E. F. Brown, T. Jena, D. Q. Lamb, F. Peng, I. R. Seitenzhal, J. W. Truran,
N. Vladimova. BAAS, 38 390, 2006.
73. Flame Energetics and the Deflagration Phase of Type Ia Supernovae. A. C. Calder, E. F. Brown, D.
Q. Lamb, O. E. B. Messer, F. Peng, I. R. Seitenzhal, D. Townsley, J. W. Truran, and N. Vladimova.
BAAS, 38 79, 2006.
72. Overview of Flash Center Goals and Key Results. A. Dubey, A. Calder, T. Dupont, D. Q. Lamb, R.
Lusk, M. Papka, J. Truran. BAAS, 38 79, 2006.
71. Strong and Weak Nuclear Evolution of Material Behind a Deflagration Front in a Type Ia Supernova.
I. R. Seitenzhal, A. C. Calder, F. Peng, D. Q. Lamb, D. M. Townsley, J. W. Truran. BAAS, 38 79,
2006.
70. Flame Energetics in Type Ia Supernovae. A. C. Calder, E. F. Brown, D. Q. Lamb, O. E. B. Messer,
F. Peng, I. R. Seitenzhal, D. Townsley, and J. Truran, N. Vladimova. 6th International Conference on
High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics, March 11-14, Rice University, 2006.
69. Strong and Weak Nuclear Evolution of Material Behind a Deflagration Front in a Type Ia Supernova.
D. M. Townsley, I. R. Seitenzhal, A. C. Calder, F. Peng, D. Q. Lamb, and J. W. Truran. 6th International Conference on High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics, March 11-14, Rice University,
2006.
68. Neutronization and Energetics of Type Ia Supernovae. I. R. Seitenzahl, F. Peng, D. M. Townsley, and
A. C. Calder. BAAS, 37 1434, 2006.
67. FLASH: Applications and Future. K. Antypas, A. C. Calder, A. Dubey, J. B. Gallagher, J. Joshi, D.
Q. Lamb, T. Linde, E. Lusk, O. E. B. Messer, A. Mignone, H. Pan, M. Papka, F. Peng, T. Plewa,
P. M. Ricker, K. Riley, D. Sheeler, A. Siegel, N. Taylor, J. W. Truran, N. Vladimirova, G. Weirs, D.
Yu, Z. Zhang. Technical Session, International Conference on Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics,
May 24-27 2005, University of Maryland.
66. Numerical Simulation of 2D Relativistic Hydrodynamics Using Adaptive Mesh Refinement Technique.
K. Kwak, F. D. Swesty, IBEAM Team. BAAS, 37 1289, 2005.
65. Type Ia Supernova Energetics. A. C. Calder, J. W. Truran, O. E. B. Messer, F. Peng, I. R. Seitenzahl,
E. F. Brown, C. Dreier, D. Q. Lamb. BAAS, 37 501, 2005.
64. On the non-linear evolution of wind driven gravity waves. Alexandros Alexakis, Alan Calder, Jonathan
Dursi, Robert Rosner. BAPS, 49 No. 9, 153, 2004.
63. Type Ia Supernovae Simulations and Nucleosynthesis. E. F. Brown, A. C. Calder, T. Plewa, K. Robinson, J. B. Gallagher, and P. M. Ricker. The Eighth International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos,
July 19-23, 2004. http://www.triumf.ca/nic8abs/H016.pdf
62. Deflagrating white dwarfs: a Type Ia supernova model. A. C. Calder, T. Plewa, N. Vladimirova. E. F.
Brown, D. Q. Lamb, K. Robinson, J. W. Truran. BAAS, 35 1278, 2004.
61. Microphysical Effects on the Instabilities of Astrophysical Flames. L. J. Dursi, R. Rosner, M. Zingale,
A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, F. X. Timmes, N. Vladimirova. A. Caceres, D. Q. Lamb, K. Olson, P. M.
Ricker, K. Riley, A. Siegel, J. W. Truran. BAAS, 35 1412, 2004.
60. On Heavy Element Enrichment in Classical Novae. A. Alexakis, A. C. Calder, A. Heger, E. F. Brown,
L.J. Dursi, J. W. Truran R. Rosner, D. Q. Lamb, F. X. Timmes, B. Fryxell, M. Zingale, P. Ricker, K.
Olson. BAAS, 35 1412, 2004.
59. PARAMESH-enabled numerical simulations of wind driven gravity waves on the surface of a white
dwarf. Alexandros Alexakis, Alan Calder, Jonathan Dursi, Kevin Olson Chicago Workshop on Adaptive Mesh Refinement Methods, September 3-5, 2003.
58. High-Performance Reactive Fluid Flow Simulations Using Adaptive Mesh Refinement on Thousands
of Processors. Calder, A. C., Curtis B. C., Dursi L. J., Fryxell B., Henry G., MacNeice P., Olson K.,
Ricker P., Rosner R., Times F. X., Tufo H., Truran J., Zingale M. Chicago Workshop on Adaptive
Mesh Refinement Methods, September 3-5, 2003.
57. Helium Detonations on Neutron stars. M. Zingale, et al. Chicago Workshop on Adaptive Mesh Refinement Methods, September 3-5, 2003.
56. Simulations of Rising Hydrodynamic and Magnetohydrodynamic Bubbles. P. M. Ricker, K. Robinson,
L. J. Dursi, R. Rosner, T. Linde, M. Zingale, A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, T. Plewa, J. W. Truran, A.
Caceres, K. Olson, K. Riley, A. Siegel, N. Vladimirova. Cooling Flows in Galaxies and Clusters of
Galaxies, Charlottesville, VA, May 31 - June 4, 2003.
55. Collapsing Radiative Shocks in Xenon Gas on the Omega Laser. A. B. Reighard, R. P. Drake, K. K.
Dannenberg, D. J. Kremer T. S. Perry, H. A. Robey, B. A. Remington, R. J. Wallace, D. D. Ryutov, J.
Greenough, J. Knauer, T. Boehly, S. Bouquet, A. Calder, R. Rosner, B. Fryxell, D. Arnett, M. Koenig.
IFSA ’03, September 2003
54. Starting Models in FLASH for Calculations of Type Ia Supernova. D.Q. Lamb, A. Caceres, A. C.
Calder, L. J. Dursi, B. Fryxell, P. MacNeice, K. Olson, T. Plewa, P. Ricker, K. Riley, R. Rosner, A.
Siegel, F. X. Timmes, J. W. Truran, N. Vladimirova. G. Wiers M. Zingale, BAAS, 35 865, 2003.
53. Progress in Modeling Classical Nova Outbursts. A. C. Calder A. Alexakis, L. J. Dursi, A. Mignone,
F. X. Timmes, J. W. Truran,R. Rosner, D. Q. Lamb, E. Brown, B. Fryxell, M. Zingale, P. Ricker, K.
Olson. BAAS, 35 630, 2003.
52. Microphysics of Astrophysical Flames. L. J. Dursi, M. Zingale, A. Caceres, A. C. Calder, F. X. Timmes,
J. W. Truran, R. Rosner, D. Q. Lamb, E. Brown, P. Ricker, B. Fryxell, K. Olson, K. Riley, A. Siegel,
N. Vladimirova. BAAS, 35 630, 2003.
51. Shear Mixing in Classical Novae. A. Alexakis, A. C. Calder, L. J. Dursi, F. X. Timmes, J. W. Truran,
R. Rosner, D. Q. Lamb, A. Mignone, B. Fryxell, M. Zingale, K. Olson, P. Ricker. BAAS, 35 630, 2003.
50. Wind-driven waves and mixing due to wave breaking. Alexandros Alexakis, Alan Calder, Jonathan
Dursi, ASCI-flash Team. BAPS, 47 No. 10, 95, 2002.
49. Connections between laser hydrodynamics experiments and astrophysics. R.P. Drake, H.A. Robey, B.A.
Remington, D.D. Ryutov, A. Calder, R. Rosner, B. Fryxell, D. Arnett, Y. Zhang, J. Glimm, J. Knauer.
BAPS, 47 No. 9, 158, 2002.
48. Nonlinear Rayleigh Taylor Hydrodynamics on the Omega laser. E.C. Harding, R.P. Drake, P. Keiter,
K.E. Korreck, M. Blackburn, D. Leibrandt, M. Grosskopf, H.A. Robey, T.S. Perry, B.A. Remington,
R.J. Wallace, H. Louis, D.D. Ryutov, F. Hansen, J. Edwards, A Miles, J. Knauer, A. Calder, R. Rosner, B. Fryxell, D. Arnett, Y. Zhang, J. Glimm. BAPS, 47 No. 9, 159, 2002.
47. Radiative shocks in gas on the Omega laser. A. Reighard, R.P. Drake, P. Keiter, K.E. Korreck, T.S.
Perry, H.A. Robey, B.A. Remington, R.J. Wallace, D.D. Ryutov, J. Knauer, A. Calder, R. Rosner, B.
Fryxell, D. Arnett, N. Turner, J. Stone, M. Koenig, Serge Bouquet. BAPS, 47 No. 9, 159, 2002.
46. Investigations of Pointwise Ignition of Helium Deflagrations on Neutron Stars. M. Zingale, S. E.
Woosley, A. Cumming, A. C. Calder, L. J. Dursi, B. Fryxell K. Olson, P. M. Ricker, R. Rosner, F. X.
Timmes. BAAS, 34, 955, 2002.
45. Convection and Mixing in Classical Nova Precursors. L. J. Dursi, A. C. Calder, A. Alexakis, J. W.
Truran, Zingale, M. F. X. Timmes, P. M. Ricker, B. Fryxell, K. Olson, R. Rosner, P. MacNeice. BAAS,
34, 955, 2002.
44. Simulations of Laser Astrophysics Experiments for Code Validation. A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, R. Rosner, J. O. Kane, B. A. Remington, R. P. Drake, H. F. Robey, L. J. Dursi, K. Olson, P. M. Ricker, F.
X. Timmes, M. Zingale, P. MacNeice, and H. M. Tufo. 4th International Conference on High Energy
Density Laboratory Astrophysics. February 23-25, 2002, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
P-4
43. Multimode Instability Experiments on the Omega Laser, Motivated by Supernovae. R. P. Drake, E.
Harding, P. Keiter, K. E. Korreck, K. Dannenberg, A. Righard, H. F. Robey, J. Edwards, A. Miles, T.
Perry, B. A. Remington, R. J. Wallace, H. Louis, D. D. Ryutov, J. Knauer. A. Calder, R. Rosner, B.
Fryxell, D. Arnett, Y. Zhang, J. Glimm, N. Turner, J. Stone. 4th International Conference on High
Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics. February 23-25, 2002, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
Michigan. P-8
42. Gas Stripping, Turbulence, and Wake Formation on Cluster Mergers. P. M. Ricker, C. L. Sarazin, J.
C. Kempner, A. C. Calder, L. J. Dursi, B. Fryxell, D. Q. Lamb, K. Olson, R. Rosner, F. X. Timmes,
J. W. Truran, H. M. Tufo, and M. Zingale. BAAS, 33, 1460, 2001.
41. Initiation of Convection in a Classical Nova Precursor. L. J. Dursi, A. C. Calder, P. M. Ricker, J. W.
Truran, M. Zingale, B. Fryxell, K. Olson, R. Rosner, F. X. Timmes, H. M. Tufo, and P. MacNeice.
BAAS, 33, 1402, 2001.
40. Multidimensional Simulations of Type Ia Supernovae. A. C. Calder, P. M. Ricker, L. J. Dursi, J. W.
Truran, B. Fryxell, R. Rosner, F. X. Timmes, H. M. Tufo, M. Zingale, K. Olson, and P. MacNeice.
BAAS, 33, 1371, 2001.
39. Compressible hydrodynamics on the Omega laser, motivated by astrophysics. R. P. Drake, P. Keiter,
K. E. Korreck, K. Dannenberg, H. A. Robey, T. Perry, J. O. Kane, B. A. Remington, R. J. Wallace,
O.A. Hurricane, D. D. Ryutov, J. Knauer, R. Teyssier, A. Calder, R. Rosner, B. Fryxell, D. Arnett, Y.
Zhang, J. Glimm, N. Turner, J. Stone, R. McCray, and J. Grove. 8th International Workshop on the
Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing, California Institute of Technology, 9-14 December, 2001
38. A comparison of high-resolution 3D numerical simulations of turbulent Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) instability: Alpha-Group collaboration. G. Dimonte, A. Dimits, S. Weber, D. Youngs, A. Calder, B. Fryxell,
J. Biello, L. Dursi, P. MacNeice, K. Olson, P. Ricker, R. Rosner, F. Timmes, H. Tufo, Y.-N. Young,
M. Zingale, M. Andrews, P. Ramaprabhu, S. Wunsch, C. Garasi, and A. Robinson. 8th International
Workshop on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing, California Institute of Technology, 9-14
December, 2001
37. Supernova hydrodynamics on the Omega laser. R. P. Drake, P. Keiter, K. E. Korreck, K. K. Dannenberg, H. A. Robey, T. S. Perry, J. O. Kane, B. A. Remington, R. J. Wallace, O. A. Hurricane, D. D.
Ryutov, J. Knauer, R. Teyssier, A. Calder, R. Rosner, B. Fryxell, D. Arnett, Y. Zhang, J. Glimm, N.
Turner, J. Stone, R. McCray, J. Grove. BAPS, 46 No. 8, 314, 2001.
36. Supernova hydrodynamics on the Omega laser. R. P. Drake, P. Keiter, K. E. Korreck, K. Dannenberg,
H. A. Robey, T. Perry, J. O. Kane, B. A. Remington, R. J. Wallace, O. A. Hurricane, D. D. Ryutov,
J. Knauer, R. Teyssier, A. Calder, R. Rosner, B. Fryxell, D. Arnett, Y. Zhang, J. Glimm, N. Turner,
J. Stone, R. McCray, J. Grove. Second International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications (IFSA2001) Kyoto Japan, September 9-14 , 2001, IFSA0872
35. Code Validation With Laser Astrophysics Experiments. A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, R. Rosner, L. J.
Dursi, P. M. Ricker, F. X. Timmes, M. Zingale, J. O. Kane, B. A. Remington, R. P. Drake, K. Olson,
P. MacNeice, and H. M. Tufo. BAAS, 33, 882, 2001.
34. Pre-nova Mixing at the Surface of White Dwarfs. R. Rosner, Y. N. Young, A. Alexakis, L. J. Dursi,
J. W. Truran, A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, K. Olson, P. M. Ricker, F. X. Timmes, M. Zingale, H. Tufo,
and P. MacNeice. BAAS, 32, 1538, 2001.
33. Simulating Thermonuclear Runaway in Novae. L. J. Dursi, J. W. Truran, M. Zingale, A. C. Calder,
B. Fryxell, K. Olson, P. M. Ricker, R. Rosner, F. X. Timmes, H. Tufo, and P. MacNeice. BAAS, 32,
1538, 2001.
32. Thermonuclear Quenching in Flame-Vortex Interactions. M. Zingale, J. C. Niemeyer, F. X. Timmes,
L. J. Dursi, A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, K. Olson, P. M. Ricker, R. Rosner, J. W. Truran, H. Tufo, and
P. MacNeice. BAAS, 32, 1537, 2001.
31. The Structure of Carbon Detonation in Type Ia Supernovae. B. Fryxell, F. X. Timmes, M. Zingale, L.
J. Dursi, P. M. Ricker, K. Olson, A. C. Calder, H. Tufo, J. W. Truran, R. Rosner, and P. MacNeice.
BAAS, 32, 1537, 2001.
30. Mixing in Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities. A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, R. Rosner, L. J. Dursi, K. Olson, P.
M. Ricker, F. X. Timmes, M. Zingale, H. Tufo, and P. MacNeice. BAAS, 32, 1537, 2001.
29. The Structure of Self-Gravitating Hydrodynamic Turbulence. P. M. Ricker, L. J. Dursi, R. Rosner, A.
C. Calder, B. Fryxell, K. Olson, F. X. Timmes, J. Truran, H. Tufo, M. Zingale, and P. MacNeice.
BAAS, 32, 1467, 2001.
28. Helium Detonations on Neutron Stars. M. Zingale, F. X. Timmes, B. Fryxell, D. Q. Lamb, K. Olson,
A. C. Calder, L. J. Dursi, P. Ricker, R. Rosner, J. W. Truran, H. Tufo, and P. MacNeice. 20th Texas
Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, December 10-15, 2000, Austin TX. p. 63
27. Quenching Processes in Flame-Vortex Interactions. M. Zingale, J. C. Niemeyer, F. X. Timmes, L.
J. Dursi, A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, K. Olson, P. Ricker, R. Rosner, J. W. Truran, H. Tufo, and P.
MacNeice. 20th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, December 10-15, 2000, Austin TX. p.
56
26. Simulations of Astrophysical Fluid Instabilities. A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, R. Rosner, L. J. Dursi, K.
Olson, P. M. Ricker, F. X. Timmes, M. Zingale, P. MacNeice, and H. M. Tufo. 20th Texas Symposium
on Relativistic Astrophysics, December 10-15, 2000, Austin TX. p. 55
25. Post-Newtonian Models of Neutron Star Mergers. F. D. Swesty, A. C. Calder, and E. Y. M. Wang.
20th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, December 10-15, 2000, Austin TX. p. 45
24. Coalescing Binary Neutron Star Systems. A. C. Calder, E. Y. M. Wang, and F. D. Swesty. 20th Texas
Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, December 10-15, 2000, Austin TX. p. 44
23. Characterization of Numerical Dissipation of PPM and WENO Schemes. V. G. Weirs, L. J. Dursi, A.
C. Calder, B. Fryxell, R. Rosner, K. Olson, P. M. Ricker, F. X. Timmes, M. Zingale, P. MacNeice, and
H. Tufo. BAAS, 45 No. 9, 38, 2000.
22. Astrophysically Relevant Instabilities at a Decelerating Interface. A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, R. Rosner,
J. Kane, B. A. Remington, R. P. Drake, H. Robey, P. Keiter, J. Knauer, L. J. Dursi, K. Olson, P. M.
Ricker, F. X. Timmes, M. Zingale, P. MacNeice, Y.-N. Young, and H. Tufo. BAAS, 45 No. 7, 43,
2000.
21. Mixing in Rayleigh-Taylor Instabilities. B. Fryxell, A. C. Calder, and R. Rosner. First SIAM
Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, Sept 21-24, 2000, Washington D.C. p. 99,
http://www.siam.org/meetings/cse00/ms37.htm
20. The Cellular Structure of Carbon Detonations. B. Fryxell, F. X. Timmes, M. Zingale, L. J. Dursi, P.
Ricker, K. Olson, A. C. Calder, H. Tufo, P. MacNeice, J. W. Truran, and R. Rosner. BAAS, 32, 735,
2000.
19. FLASH Simulations of Multi-layer Targets. A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, R. Rosner, J. Kane, B. Remington, L. J. Dursi, K. Olson, P. Ricker, F. X. Timmes, M. Zingale, P. MacNeice, and H. Tufo. BAAS,
32, 704, 2000.
18. Helium Detonations on Neutron Stars. M. Zingale, F. X. Timmes, B. Fryxell, D. Q. Lamb, K. Olson,
A. C. Calder, L. J. Dursi, P. Ricker, R. Rosner, J. W. Truran, P. MacNeice, and H. Tufo. BAAS, 32,
696, 2000.
17. 2-dimensional Helium Detonations on the Surface of Neutron Stars. M. Zingale, F. X. Timmes, B.
Fryxell, D. Q. Lamb, K. Olson, P. Ricker, A. C. Calder, L. J. Dursi, R. Rosner, and J. W. Truran.
Rossi2000: Astrophysics with the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer. March 22-24, 2000 at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD USA, p. E67
16. FLASH Code Simulations of Multi-Layer Targets. A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, R. Rosner, J. Kane, B.
Remington, L. J. Dursi, K. Olson, F. X. Timmes, P. Ricker, M. Zingale, D. Q. Lamb, P. MacNeice,
and H. Tufo. 3rd International Conference on Laboratory Astrophysics with Intense Lasers. March 30
- April 1, 2000, Rice University, Houston TX, http://spacsun.rice.edu/laser2000/
15. Direct Simulation of Thermonuclear Flames with the FLASH Code. M. Zingale, F. X. Timmes, A.
Calder, J. Dursi, B. Fryxell, D. Lamb, K. Olson, P. Ricker, R. Rosner, J. Truran, and H. Tufo. BAAS,
31, 1430, 1999.
14. Compressed Reactive Turbulence and Supernovae Ia Recollapse using the FLASH Code. J. Dursi, J.
Niemeyer, A. Calder, B. Fryxell, D. Lamb, K. Olson, P. Ricker, R. Rosner, F. X. Timmes, H. Tufo,
and M. Zingale. BAAS, 31, 1430, 1999.
13. Helium Burning on Neutron Stars: 2-dimensional Results. B. Fryxell, M. Zingale, F. X. Timmes, K.
Olson, D. Lamb, A. Calder, J. Dursi, P. Ricker, R. Rosner, and H. Tufo. BAAS, 31, 1431, 1999.
12. A New Method for Coupling Implicit Radiation Transport and Explicit Godunov Hydrodynamics. A.
C. Calder and R. G. Eastman. BAAS, 31, 1431, 1999.
11. Coalescing Models of Binary Neutron Star Systems. A. C. Calder, E. Y. M. Wang, and F. D. Swesty.
BAAS, 31, 1249, 1999.
10. A Comparison of Numerical Methods for Modeling Binary Star Systems. A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, P.
S. Li, F. D. Swesty. and E. Y. M. Wang. BAPS, 44, 1635, 1999.
9. Numerical Evolutions of Relativistic Neutron Stars. E. Y. M. Wang, A. C. Calder, and F. D. Swesty.
BAAS, 30, 1312, 1998.
8. Newtonian and Post-Newtonian Simulations of Neutron Star Mergers. A. C. Calder, E. Y. M. Wang,
and F. D. Swesty. BAAS, 30, 1312, 1998.
7. Numerical Mergers of Binary Neutron Star Systems. A. C. Calder, E. Y. M. Wang, and F. D. Swesty.
BAAS, 29, 1222, 1997.
6. A Comparison of Newtonian and Post-Newtonian Numerical Mergers of Binary Neutron Star Systems.
E. Y. M. Wang, A. C. Calder, and F. D. Swesty. BAAS, 29, 1222, 1997.
5. A Two-dimensional Study of Prompt Convection in Core Collapse Supernovae. A. Mezzacappa, A. C.
Calder, S. W. Bruenn, J. M. Blondin, M. W. Guidry, M. R. Strayer, and A. S. Umar. BAPS, 41, 1246,
1996.
4. A Two-dimensional Study of Postshock Convection in Core Collapse Supernovae. A. C. Calder, A.
Mezzacappa, S. W. Bruenn, J. M. Blondin, M. W. Guidry, M. R. Strayer, and A. S. Umar. BAPS, 41,
1247, 1996.
3. Core Collapse Supernovae: Postshock Convection in Two and Three Dimensions. A. C. Calder, A.
Mezzacappa, J. M. Blondin, S. W. Bruenn, M. W. Guidry, M. R. Strayer, and A. S. Umar. BAAS,
27, 1308, 1995.
2. A Multidimensional Study of Prompt Convection in Core Collapse Supernovae. S. W. Bruenn, A.
Mezzacappa, A. C. Calder, J. M. Blondin, M. W. Guidry, M. R. Strayer, and A. S. Umar. BAAS, 27,
1308, 1995.
1. Novel Visualizations of Many-Fermion Systems. A. C. Calder, M. R. Curry, B. M. Han, R. M. Panoff,
and Y. J. Wong. BAPS, 36, 1232, 1991.
Invited Talks and Colloquia
Theory and Models of Type Ia Supernovae. Colloquium, Stony Brook University, October 23, 2012.
Models and Theory of Type Ia Supernovae. Colloquium, Queens College, CUNY, October 15, 2012.
Thermonuclear Supernovae. Nuclear Physics Seminar, Stony Brook University, April 19, 2012.
On Simulating Type Ia Supernovae. Conference on Computational Physics, Gatlinburg, TN, November 3,
2011.
Models and Theory of Type Ia Supernovae. NERSC Brown Bag Lunch, July 26, 2011.
Modeling Type Ia Supernovae. HIPACC Summer School on Explosive Astrophysics, July 21, 2011.
Explosive Astrophysics with Flash. HIPACC Summer School on Explosive Astrophysics, July 20, 2011.
Models and Theory of Type Ia Supernovae. NRAO and UVA Joint Colloquium, May 26, 2011.
Review: Ia explosion models. Invited review, Firework Workshop, Caltech, February 22, 2011.
Theory and Models of Type Ia SN. Seminar, The University of the South, February 16, 2011.
Models of Type Ia SN. TIARA Winter School on Numerical Astrophysics in TIARA-NTHU, Hsinchu, Taiwan, January 20, 2011.
Stellar Hydrodynamics: Methods and Input Physics. TIARA Winter School on Numerical Astrophysics in
TIARA-NTHU, Hsinchu, Taiwan, January 19, 2011.
A Field Guide to Type Ia Supernovae: Models and Theory. Colloquium, University of Alabama, October
13, 2010.
Evaluating Systematic Dependencies of Type Ia Supernovae. SciDAC 2010, July 13, 2010.
Advances in the Modeling of Type Ia Supernovae. Nucleosynthesis in Stellar Explosions Session, APS April
Meeting, February 14, 2010.
Type Ia Supernovae from Deflagration to Detonation. Tri-state Astronomy Conference, CUNY Graduate
Center, October 23, 2009.
Progress Toward Understanding Type Ia Supernovae. Seminar, Departament de Fı́sica i Enginyeria Nuclear,
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, May 21, 2008.
Modeling Type Ia Supernova Explosions. Computational Nuclear Physics Session, APS April Meeting, April
12, 2008.
Type Ia Supernova Explosions, From Deflagration to Detonation. American Museum of Natural History,
March 17, 2008.
Progress Toward Realistic Type Ia Supernova Models. Seminar, KITP, UCSB, May 23, 2007.
A Mechanism for the Type Ia Supernova Explosions. Seminar, Stony Brook University, January 23, 2007.
Verifying and Validating an Astrophysical Simulation Code. Seminar, National Center for Computational
Sciences, ORNL, June 16, 2006.
Type Ia Supernova Explosions: Deflagration to Detonation. Colloquium, Georgia Southern University, April
6, 2006.
A Case Study of Verifying and Validating an Astrophysical Simulation Code. Numerical Modeling of Space
Plasma Flows, CalSpace-IGPP International Conference, March 27-30, 2006.
Type Ia Supernova Explosions: Deflagration to Detonation. Astrophysics at Argonne Luncheon, January 5,
2006.
Understanding Type Ia Supernovae. Astrophysics Seminar, Notre Dame University, September 13, 2005.
Type Ia Supernova Explosions: Deflagration to Detonation. Seminar, T-6 Group, LANL, June 29, 2005.
Type Ia Supernova Explosions: Deflagration to Detonation. Astrophysics Seminar, Stony Brook University,
June 16, 2005.
Simulations of Asymmetric Type Ia Supernovae. E. O. Hulbert Center & Remote Sensing Division Joint
Colloquium, Naval Research Laboratory, May 5, 2005.
Fires and Floods on White Dwarfs: A Nova Model. Seminar, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, March 24, 2005.
Validating Computational Fluid Dynamics Against Real Experiments. SHARCNET Colloquium, McMaster
University, March 21, 2005.
Fires and Floods on White Dwarfs: A Nova Model. JINA Seminar, Michigan State University, November
29, 2004.
Type Ia Supernova Explosions: From Deflagration to Detonation.
November 11, 2004.
Colloquium, Vanderbilt University,
Type Ia Supernova Explosions: Deflagration to Detonation. Astrophysics Seminar, Notre Dame University,
September 14, 2004.
The Deflagration Phase of Type Ia Supernovae. EFI Symposium on Type Ia Supernovae, University of
Chicago, April 23, 2004.
Laboratory Astrophysics Experiments for Simulation Code Validation: A Case Study. 5th International Conference on High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics, Tucson, AZ, March 10, 2004.
Three-dimensional Simulations of Type Ia Supernovae. Ground-Based Supernova Surveys, Center for Cosmological Physics Workshop, University of Chicago, November 15, 2003.
Thermonuclear Supernovae: Stellar Explosions in Three Dimensions. Presolar Grains, Isotope Anomalies
and Nuclear Astrophysics Workshop, Argonne National Laboratory/University of Chicago, November 1,
2003.
Validating an Astrophysical Simulation Code. Computations in Science Seminar, University of Chicago,
October 1, 2003.
Fires and Floods on White Dwarfs: A Nova Model. Astrophysics Seminar, Notre Dame University, September 2, 2003.
Validating an Astrophysical Simulation Code. Physics and Astronomy Colloquium, McMaster University,
March 13, 2003.
Fires and Floods on White Dwarfs: A Nova Model. Biological and Physical Sciences Seminar, Kennesaw
State University, January 23, 2003.
Fires and Floods on White Dwarfs: A Nova Model. ASCI Flash Center Colloquium, University of Chicago,
January 20, 2003.
Validating an Astrophysical Simulation Code: Showing You the ‘Kitchen’ of Numerical Modeling. Astrophysics Colloquium, University of Illinois, September 10, 2002.
The Computation of Thermonuclear Flashes in the Interiors and on the Surfaces of Compact Stars: Type Ia
Supernovae, Type 1 X-ray Bursts, and Novae. Seminar, LLNL, March 8, 2001.
Numerical Models of Coalescing Binary Neutron Star Systems. Seminar, The University of the South, April
18, 2000.
Numerical Mergers of Binary Neutron Star Systems. Colloquium, Florida Atlantic University, March 15,
1999.
The Role of Convection in Simulations of Core Collapse Supernovae. Seminar, LLNL, March 3, 1999.
Numerical Methods for Modeling Binary Neutron Star Systems. Second Oak Ridge Symposium on Atomic
and Nuclear Astrophysics, ORNL, December 6, 1997.
Convection and Neutrino Transport in Core Collapse Supernovae. Particles and Fields Seminar, University
of Connecticut, November 11, 1997.
Two-Dimensional Simulations of Core Collapse Supernovae. Astrophysics Seminar, Clemson University,
October 25, 1996.
Convection in Multidimensional Simulations of Core Collapse Supernovae. Seminar, The University of the
South, January 24, 1996.
A Multidimensional Study of Prompt Convection in Core Collapse Supernovae. Theoretical and Computational Physics Section Seminar, ORNL, January 11, 1996.
A Basis Spline Approach to Hydrodynamics. Theory Seminar, Vanderbilt University, April 5, 1995.
The Monte Carlo Method and the Application of Scientific Visualization to Quantum Simulations. Seminar,
The University of the South, December 4, 1991.
Outreach Talks and Presentations
The Search for Life in the Universe. Ethical Culture Society of Suffolk, November 10, 2012.
Stars that Go “POP.” Custer Jamboree, June 27, 2012.
Supernovae. Astronomical Society of Long Island, June 27, 2012.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Exploding Star, How We Wonder What You Are! Sachem Public Library, June 19, 2012.
Cosmic Candle Making with Type Ia Supernovae. SBU Astronomy Open Night, March 16, 2012.
The Search for Life in the Universe. Sachem Public Library, November 9, 2011.
Exploring Jupiter with Juno. SBU Astronomy Open Night, October 14, 2011.
Fires and Floods on White Dwarfs: A Nova Model. SBU Astronomy Open Night, March 4, 2011.
Searching for Life in the Universe. Comsewogue Public Library, June 28, 2010.
Highlights from the Search for Life in the Universe. Amateur Observers’ Society of New York, June 6, 2010.
Mars: A Travelogue. SBU Astronomy Open Night, April 9, 2010.
A Recipe For Exploding Stars. Northport High School April 22, 2009.
Nature’s Beacons: Type Ia Supernovae. Custer Institute, March 14, 2009.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Exploding Star, How We Wonder What You Are! North Shore Public Library, February
7, 2009.
Are you there, E.T.? It’s us, Earth: An Update on the Search for Life in the Universe. SBU Astronomy
Open Night, February 6, 2009.
When Stars Explode. Science Club of Long Island, Sachem Public Library, August 27, 2008.
Twinkle, Twinkle, Exploding Star, How We Wonder What You Are! SBU Astronomy Open Night, March 7,
2008.