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Jonathan Dursi
Publications

My publication list follows. It is also available as a PDF file, and as a search on Google Scholar or ADS. ADS also provides lists of citations.

Referreed Publications

Detection of magnetic field orientations in galaxy clusters, arXiv:0911.2476, Nature Physics 7:520-526, 2010

J. Chluba, G. M. Vasil, L. J. Dursi. Recombinations to the Rydberg States of Hydrogen and Their Effect During the Cosmological Recombination Epoch, arXiv:1003.4928, MNRAS, submitted.

S. Kitsionas, C. Federrath, R. S. Klessen, W Schmidt, D. J. Price, L. J. Dursi, M. Gritschneder, S. Walch, R. Piontek, J. Kim, A.-K. Jappsen, P. Ciecielag, M.-M. Mac Low. Algorithmic comparisons of decaying, isothermal, supersonic turbulence, A&A 508:541, 2009.

L. J. Dursi, C. Pfrommer. Draping of Cluster Magnetic Fields over Bullets and Bubbles -- Morphology and Dynamic Effects, ApJ 677:993, 2008. (3D renderings can be investigated in this manuscript if Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.01 or better is used)

L. J. Dursi. Bubble-Wrap for Bullets: The Stability Imparted by a Thin Magnetic Layer, ApJ, 670:221-230, 2007.

M. Zingale, L. J. Dursi. Propagation of the First Flames in Type Ia Supernovae, ApJ, 656:333-346, 2007.

L. J. Dursi, F. X. Timmes. Local Ignition in Carbon/Oxygen White Dwarfs -- I: One-zone Ignition and Spherical Shock Ignition of Detonations. ApJ, 641:1071, Apr 2006.

A. Alexakis, A. C. Calder, L. J. Dursi, R. Rosner, J. W. Truran, B. Fryxell, M. Zingale, F. X. Timmes, P. Ricker, and K. Olson. On the Nonlinear Evolution of Wind-Driven Gravity Waves, Physics of Fluids, 16:3256-3268, Sept 2004.

A. C. Calder, L J. Dursi, B. Fryxell, T. Plewa, V. G. Wiers, T. Dupont, H. F. Robey, R. P. Drake, B. A. Remmington, G. Dimonte, J. Hayes, J. M. Stone, P. M. Ricker, F. X. Timmes, M. Zingale, and K. Olson. Issues with Validating an Astrophysical Simulation Code. CiSE, 6(5):10--20, September 2004.

L. J. Dursi. The Linear Stability of Astrophysical Flames in Magnetic Fields, ApJ, 606:1039-1056, May 2004.

Guy Dimonte, et al.. A comparitive study of the turbulent Rayleigh-Taylor instability using high-resolution three-dimensional numerical simulations: The Alpha-Group collaboration. Physics of Fluids, 16(5):1668-1693, May 2004.

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. On Heavy Element Enrichment in Classical Novae. ApJ, 602:931-937, February 2004.

K. Robinson, L. J. Dursi, P. M. Ricker, R. Rosner, A. C. Calder, M. Zingale, J. W. Truran, T. Linde, A. Caceres, B. Fryxell, , K. Olson, K. Riley, A. Siegel, and N. Vladimirova. Morphology of Rising Hydrodynamic and Magnetohydrodynamic Bubbles from Numerical Simulations. ApJ , 601(2):621-643, February 2004.

L. J. Dursi, M. Zingale, A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, F. X. T. Timmes, N. Vladimirova, R. Rosner, A. Caceres, D. Q. Lamb, K. Olson, P. M. Ricker, K. Riley, A. Siegel, and J. W. Truran. The Response of Model and Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flames to Curvature and Stretch. ApJ , 595(2):955-979, October 2003.

M. Zingale, L. J. Dursi, J. ZuHone, A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, T. Plewa, J. W. Truran, A. Caceres, K. Olson, P. Ricker, K. Riley, R. Rosner, A. Siegel, F. X. Timmes, and N. Vladimirova. Mapping Initial Hydrostatic Models in Godunov Codes. ApJSS , 143(2):539-566, December 2002.

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. On Validating an Astrophysical Simulation Code. ApJSS , 143:201-229, November 2002.

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. Numerical simulations of thermonuclear flashes on neutron stars. Nuclear Physics A , 688:172-176, May 2001.

M. Zingale, F. X. Timmes, B. Fryxell, D. Q. Lamb, K. Olson, A. C. Calder, L. J. Dursi, P. Ricker, R. Rosner, P. MacNeice, and H. M. Tufo. Helium Detonations on Neutron Stars. ApJSS , 133:195-220, March 2001.

A. C. Calder, B. C. Curtis, L. J. Dursi, B. Fryxell, G. Henry, P. MacNeice, K. Olson, P. Ricker, R. Rosner, F. X. Timmes, H. M. Tufo, J. W. Truran, and M. Zingale. High-performance reactive fluid flow simulations using adpative mesh refinement on thousands of processors. In Proceedings of Supercomputing 2000 , 2000.

F. X. Timmes, M. Zingale, K. Olson, B. Fryxell, P. Ricker, A. C. Calder, L. J. Dursi, H. Tufo, P. MacNeice, J. W. Truran, and R. Rosner. On the Cellular Structure of Carbon Detonations. ApJ , 543:938-954, November 2000.

R Rosner, A. Calder, L. 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, E. Lusk, and R. Stevens. Flash Code: Studying Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes. Computing in Science and Engineering, 2, 2000.

X. Shi, L. M. Widrow, and L. J. Dursi. Measuring Hubble's constant in our inhomogeneous Universe. MNRAS , 281:565-578, July 1996.


Selected Recent Contributed Publications

Microphysics/Single-Physics Simulations

P. M. Ricker, K. Robinson, L. J. Dursi, R. Rosner, A. C. Calder, M. Zingale, J. W. Truran, T. Linde, A. Caceres, B. Fryxell, K. Olson, K. Riley, A. Siegel, and N. Vladimirova. Simulations of Rising Hydrodynamic and Magnetohydrodynamic Bubbles . In The Riddle of Cooling Flows in Galaxies and Clusters of Galaxies. May 31 - June 4, 2003. Edited by T. H. Reipric, J. C. Kempner, and N. Soker. , 2003.

M. Zingale, J. C. Niemeyer, F. X. Timmes, L. J. Dursi, A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, D. Q. Lamb, P. MacNeice, K. Olson, P. M. Ricker, R. Rosner, J. W. Truran, and H. M. Tufo. Quenching Processes in Flame-Vortex Interactions . In 20th Texas Symposium on relativistic astrophysics , pages 490+, 2001.

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. Simulations of Astrophysical Fluid Instabilities. In 20th Texas Symposium on relativistic astrophysics , pages 484+, 2001.

A. C. Calder, B. Fryxell, R. Rosner, J. Kane, B. A. Remington, H. Robey, P. Keiter, R. P. Drake, J. Knauer, L. J. Dursi, K. Olson, P. M. Ricker, F. X. Timmes, M. Zingale, H. Tufo, and P. MacNeice. Astrophysically Relevant Instabilities at a Decelerating Interface. In American Physical Society, 42nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics combined with the 10th International Congress on Plasma Physics October 23 - 27, 2000 Québec City, Canada Meeting ID: DPP00, abstract #BP1.078 , pages 1078P+, October 2000.

Large-Scale/Multiphysics Simulations

L. J. Dursi, C. Thompson, D. Doucette, C. Hiratsuka. Towards Understanding some Astrophysical Flows using Multiscale Simulations with the FLASH code. In 20th International Symposium on High-Performance Computing in an Advanced Collaborative Environment, R. G. Deupree and J. A. Adams, Ed., IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services, Los Alamitos, CA, 2006.

L. J. Dursi, A. C. Calder, A. Alexakis, J. W. Truran, M. Zingale, B. Fryxell, P. Ricker, F. X. Timmes, and K. Olson. Onset of Convection on a Pre-Runaway White Dwarf. In Classical Nova Explosions: International Conference on Classical Nova Explosions. AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 637. Sitges, Spain, 20-24 May, 2002. Edited by Margarita Hernanz and Jordi José. American Institute of Physics, 2002, p.139-143 , pages 139-143, 2002.

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. Mixing by Non-linear Gravity Wave Breaking on a White Dwarf Surface. In Classical Nova Explosions: International Conference on Classical Nova Explosions. AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 637. Sitges, Spain, 20-24 May, 2002. Edited by Margarita Hernanz and Jordi José. American Institute of Physics, 2002, p.134-138, pages 134-138, 2002.

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, and M. Zingale. Large-Scale Simulations of Clusters of Galaxies 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. (Melville, NY: AIP Press, 2001), 316

B. Fryxell, M. Zingale, F. X. Timmes, D. Q. Lamb, K. Olson, A. C. Calder, L. J. Dursi, P. Ricker, and R. Rosner. Helium Detonations on Neutron Stars . In Nuclear Astrophysics, 2000 , pages 38+, 2000.

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. 2-dimensional Helium Detonations on the Surface of Neutron Stars . In 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 , 2000.

Computational Techniques

L. J. Dursi, M. Zingale. Efficiency Gains from Time Refinement on AMR Meshes and Explicit Timestepping. In Adaptive Mesh Refinement — Theory and Applications, Springer-Verlag, 2005.