ASC Center for Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes - University of Chicago

The ASC/Alliances Center for Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes aims to solve the long-standing problem of thermonuclear flashes on the surfaces of compact stars such as neutron stars and white dwarf stars, and in the interior of white dwarfs (i.e., Type Ia supernovae). Our Center - the "FLASH Center" - is funded by the DOE ASC/Alliances Program to build a state-of-the-art simulator code for solving nuclear astrophysical problems related to exploding stars. This website contains information about the astrophysics, the code, and related basic physics and computer science efforts. Please follow the appropriate links. We also distribute the FLASH code. Procedure and conditions are described on the Code Request Page.