Dean Townsley | Phone: (205)348-2798 |
Department of Physics and Astronomy | Fax: (205)348-5051 |
The University of Alabama | Dean.M.Townsley@ua.edu |
Box 870324 | http://astronomy.ua.edu/townsley |
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0324 |
Fall 1998 -- Summer 2004 | University of California, Santa Barbara Ph.D. Physics Thesis: The Thermal State of Accreting White Dwarf Stars Advisor: Lars Bildsten |
Fall 1993 -- Spring 1998 | Florida State University B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Physics, & Applied Mathematics, summa cum laude and with honors in the liberal arts |
Increasing fundamental understanding of stellar physics by studying diverse dynamic stellar phenomena. Combustion in the white dwarf interior during a Type Ia supernova and the relation of the progenitor to the resulting explosion. White dwarf stellar remnants in mass-transferring binaries, particularly their thermal state and seismological characteristics. Using these results with observational measurements to furthur our understanding of compact stellar binaries. Nuclear burning on the WD surface in these accreting systems (Classical Novae).
Fall 2015 -- present | at The University of Alabama as Associate Professor |
Spring 2010 -- Spring 2015 | at The University of Alabama as Assistant Professor |
Fall 2008 -- Fall 2009 | at The University of Arizona as the Bart J. Bok Fellow |
Fall 2004 -- Summer 2008 | at University of Chicago with James Truran, The Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics and The Center for Astrophysical Thermonuclear Flashes |
Summer 2000 -- Summer 2004 | at University of California, Santa Barbara with Lars Bildsten in Theoretical Astrophysics on The Thermal State of Accreting White Dwarfs |
Summer 1995 -- Summer 1998 | at Florida State University with Per Arne Rikvold & Mark Novotny in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics on 3D Dynamical Simulations of Ising Ferromagnets |
Fall 2018 -- present | University of Alabama Thermal Physics (Senior Undergraduate) |
Fall 2014 -- present | University of Alabama Theoretical Astrophysics (Graduate and Undergraduate) |
Fall 2010 -- present | University of Alabama Stellar Structure and Evolution (Graduate and Undergraduate) |
Spring 2010 -- 2016 | University of Alabama Astronomy for Non-science majors |
Winter -- Spring 2002 | U.C., Santa Barbara Discussion Section, General Physics for Physics Majors |
Fall 2020 -- present | Vice-chair for Graduate Studies, University of Alabama Department of Physics and Astronomy |
Fall 2019 -- Spring 2020 | Graduate Director, University of Alabama Department of Physics and Astronomy |
Fall 2015 -- Spring 2016 | Graduate Director, University of Alabama Department of Physics and Astronomy |
2023 "The Realizabality of the Double-Detonation Mechanism for Type Ia Supernovae"
NSF Award 2307442
$259,858
2021 "A Full Framework for Seismology of Accreting White Dwarf Stars"
HST AR-16638
$134,133
2021 "Accreting White Dwarfs as Probles of Compact Binary Evolution"
HST GO-16659
(observing time awarded)
2020 "UV spectra of Type Ia Supernovae from Double Detonations"
HST AR-16156
$110,075
2020 "TCP J21040470+4631129 - a highly evolved cataclysmic variable unmasked?"
(coI; PI Boris Gänsicke) HST GO-16069
$27,218 to UA
2017 "GD492: a nearby hypervelocity emissary from a thermonuclear supernova event"
(coI; PI Roberto Raddi) HST GO-15431
$30,293 to UA
2018-21 "The classical nova hibernation scenario: a definitive confirmation"
(coI; PI Boris Gänsicke) HST GO-15072
$20,721 to UA
2018-21 "Unveiling the mysterious nature of the cataclysmic variable SDSS J153817.35+5123238.0",
(coI; PI Anna Pala) HST GO-15316
$18,874 to UA
2017-20 "High-precision asteroseismology of the accreting white dwarf in GW Lib through simultaneous HST and K2 observations",
(coI; PI Boris Gänsicke) HST GO-14912
$2,956 to UA
2017-20 "The Diverse Outcomes of Explosive Helium Burning on White Dwarfs",
(PI; coI: Ken Shen, UC Berkeley), NASA Astrophysics Theory Program
$805,459
2012-4 "The Mass and Temperature Distribution of Accreting White Dwarfs",
(coI; PI: Boris Gänsicke) HST large program GO-12870
$70,749 to UA
2012, "Computing the Synthesis of Elements in Exploding Stars",
University of Alabama Research Grants Council,
$6,000
2011-4, "Explosions in White Dwarf Binaries",
(senior personnel; PI: Lars Bildsten) NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics
Grants
$40,038 to UA
2011-2, "An Unprecedented Opportunity to Follow 4 Accreting WDs into the Instability Strip",
(coI; PI: Paula Szkody) HST GO 12231
$7,755 to UA
2008-11 "Research Into the Systematics of Type Ia supernovae", (co-I, PI: Alan Calder, SUNY, Stonybrook, NY) NASA Astrophysics Theory and Fundamental Physics Program
2008-9 "Study of the Fundamental Properties of Buoyancy-Driven Turbulent Nuclear Burning in the Context of Type Ia Supernovae," (collaborator, PI: Raymond Bair, Argonne National Laboratory), ANL Laboratory-Directed Research and Development program
2008-9 "Making the Standard Candle: A study of how the progenitor white dwarf modulates the peak luminosity of type Ia supernovae" follow-on, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science (collaborator; PI: Alan Calder, SUNY, Stonybrook, NY)
2007-8 "Making the Standard Candle: A study of how the progenitor white dwarf modulates the peak luminosity of type Ia supernovae", U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science (co-I; PI: Alan Calder, SUNY, Stonybrook, NY)
2002 "Compressional Heating of Accreting White Dwarfs and Classical Novae Ignition" Cycle 11 Hubble Space Telescope Theory Grant, AR-09517.01-A (co-I; PI: Lars Bildsten)
2013 INCITE Program, "Next-Generation Petascale Simulations of Type Ia Supernovae" (co-I; PI: Don Lamb, University of Chicago)
2011 XSEDE renewal, "Evaluating Systematic Dependencies of Type Ia Supernovae and the Character of Thermonuclear Detonations in White Dwarf Stars", awarded 1.7 Million CPU hours on TACC Ranger.
2010-2 Argonne National Laboratory BG/Q early user program, "Petascale Simulations of Turbulent Nuclear Combustion", awarded 150 million CPU hours on next generation blue gene (co-I, PI: Don Lamb, University of Chicago)
2010 TeraGrid renewal, "Evaluating Systematic Dependencies, Physical Consistency, Theoretical Uncertainty and Observable Characteristics in Computational Models of Type Ia Supernovae", awarded 4 Million CPU hours on TACC Ranger.
2010 INCITE Program, "Research into the Systematics of Type Ia Supernovae," awarded 35 million cpu hours (co-I, PI: Alan Calder, SUNY Stonybrook)
2009 TeraGrid, "Evaluating Systematic Dependencies, Physical Consistency, Theoretical Uncertainty and Observable Characteristics in Computational Models of Type Ia Supernovae", awarded 5.3 Million CPU hours on TACC Ranger.
2009 INCITE Program (3 years), "Study of Buoyancy-Driven Turbulent Nuclear Burning and
Validation of Type Ia Supernova Models", awarded ca. 70 Million CPU hours per year,
(co-I; PI: Don Lamb)
2008 Argonne National Laboratory BG/P Early user program (co-I, PI: Raymond Bair, ANL)
2007 INCITE Program, "Study of the Gravitationally Confined Detonation
Mechanism for Type Ia Supernovae", awarded 2.5 Million CPU hours,
(co-I; PI: Don Lamb)
2022 "Accreting white dwarfs as probes of compact binary evolution"
(coI; PI Anna Pala) HST GO-16986
2020 "TCP J21040470+4631129 - a highly evolved cataclysmic variable unmasked?"
(coI; PI Boris Gänsicke) HST GO-16069
2017 "GD492: a nearby hypervelocity emissary from a thermonuclear supernova event"
(coI; PI Roberto Raddi) HST GO-15431
2017 "The classical nova hibernation scenario: a definitive confirmation"
(coI; PI Boris Gänsicke) HST GO-15072
2017 "Unveiling the mysterious nature of the cataclysmic variable SDSS J153817.35+5123238.0",
(coI; PI Anna Pala) HST GO-15316
2017 "High-precision asteroseismology of the accreting white dwarf in GW Lib through simultaneous HST and K2 observations",
(coI; PI Boris Gänsicke) HST GO-14912
2014 "Unprecedented Tracking of the Unique Dwarf Nova GW Lib from Largest
Amplitude Outburst to Quiescent Pulsations",
(coI; PI: Paula Szkody) HST GO-13807
2012 "The Mass and Temperature Distribution of Accreting White Dwarfs",
(coI; PI: Boris Gänsicke) HST large program GO-12870
2011 "The dawn of precision white dwarf asteroseismology; KIC 11911480: the
second ZZ Ceti in the Kepler field",
(coI; PI: Boris Gänsicke) Kepler Director's Discretionary GO-30121
2010, "An Unprecedented Opportunity to Follow 4 Accreting WDs into the Instability Strip",
(coI; PI: Paula Szkody) HST GO-12231
2006, "A Multilongitude campaign on the pulsating white dwarf
SDSSJ1610-0102",
(co-I; PI: Boris Gänsicke)
2004, "Determining the Instability Strip for Accreting White Dwarfs",
(co-I; PI: Paula Szkody) HST GO-10233
2003, "Discovery of New Pulsating CV Primaries with JCAM",
(co-I; PI: Derek Fox) Palomar
Padilla Gonzalez, E.; Howell, D. A.; Terreran, G.; McCully, C.; Newsome, M.; Burke, J.; Farah, J.; Pellegrino, C.; Bostroem, K. A.; Hosseinzadeh, G.; Pearson, J.; Sand, D. J.; Shrestha, M.; Smith, N.; Dong, Y.; Meza Retamal, N.; Valenti, S.; Boos, S.; Shen, K. J.; Townsley, D. M.; Galbany, L.; Piscarreta, L.; Foley, R. J.; Bustamante-Rosell, M. J.; Coulter, D. A.; Chornock, R.; Davis, K. W.; Dickinson, C. B.; Jones, D. O.; Kutcka, J.; Le Saux, X. K.; Rojas-Bravo, C. R.; Taggart, K.; Tinyanont, S.; Yang, G.; Jha, S. W.; Margutti, R.
"SN 2022joj: A Potential Double Detonation with a Thin Helium shell"
2023 submitted to ApJ (arXiv:2308.06334)
Liu, Chang; Miller, Adam A.; Boos, Samuel J.; Shen, Ken J.; Townsley, Dean M.; Schulze, Steve; Harvey, Luke; Maguire, Kate; Johansson, Joel; Brink, Thomas G.; Burgaz, Umut; Dimitriadis, Georgios; Filippenko, Alexei V.; Hall, Saarah; Hinds, K-Ryan; Hoffman, Andrew; Karambelkar, Viraj; Kilpatrick, Charles D.; Perley, Daniel; Pichay, Neil; Sears, Huei; Sollerman, Jesper; Stein, Robert; Terwel, Jacobus H.; Zheng, WeiKang; Graham, Matthew J.; Kasliwal, Mansi M.; Lacroix, Leander; Purdum, Josiah; Rusholme, Benjamin; Wold, Avery
"SN 2022joj: A Peculiar Type Ia Supernova Possibly Driven by an Asymmetric Helium-shell Double Detonation"
2023 submitted to ApJ (arXiv:2308.06319)
Keegans, James D.; Pignatari, Marco; Stancliffe, Richard J.; Travaglio, Claudia ; Jones, Samuel; Gibson, Brad K.; Townsley, Dean M.; Miles, Broxton J.; Shen, Ken J.; Few, Gareth
"Type Ia Supernova Nucleosynthesis: Metallicity-dependent Yields"
2023 ApJS, 268, 8
(arXiv:2306.12885)
Kumar, Praphull; Townsley, Dean M.
"Gravity Modes on Rapidly Rotating Accreting White Dwarfs and Their Variation after Dwarf Novae"
2023 ApJ, 951, 122
(arXiv:2305.03809)
Dubey, Anshu; Weide, Klaus; O'Neal, Jared; Dhruv, Akash; Couch, Sean; Harris, J. Austin; Klosterman, Tom; Jain, Rajeev; Rudi, Johann; Messer, Bronson; Pajkos, Michael; Carlson, Jared; Chu, Ran; Wahib, Mohamed; Chawdhary, Saurabh; Ricker, Paul M.; Lee, Dongwook; Antypas, Katie; Riley, Katherine M.; Daley, Christopher; Ganapathy, Murali; Timmes, Francis X.; Townsley, Dean M.; Vanella, Marcos; Bachan, John; Rich, Paul M.; Kumar, Shravan; Endeve, Eirik; Hix, W. Raphael; Mezzacappa, Anthony; Papatheodore, Thomas
"Flash-X: A multiphysics simulation software instrument"
2022 SoftwareX, 19, 101168
(arXiv:2208.11630)
Pala, A. F.; Gaensicke, B. T.; Belloni, D.; Parsons, S. G.; Marsh, T. R.; Schreiber, M. R.; Breedt, E.; Knigge, C.; Sion, E. M.; Szkody, P.; Townsley, D.; Bildsten, L.; Boyd, D.; Cook, M. J.; De Martino, D.; Godon, P.; Kafka, S.; Kouprianov, V.; Long, K. S.; Monard, B.; Myers, G.; Nelson, P.; Nogami, D.; Oksanen, A.; Pickard, R.; Poyner, G.; Reichart, D. E.; Rodriguez Perez, D.; Shears, J.; Stubbings, R.; Toloza, O.
"Constraining the evolution of cataclysmic variables via the masses and
accretion rates of their underlying white dwarfs"
2022 MNRAS, 510, 6110
(arXiv:2111.13706)
Shen, Ken J.; Boos, Samuel J.; Townsley, Dean M.; Kasen, Daniel
"Multidimensional Radiative Transfer Calculations of Double Detonations of
Sub-Chandrasekhar-mass White Dwarfs"
2021 ApJ, 922, 68
(arXiv:2108.12435)
Szkody, Paula; Godon, Patrick; Gaensicke, Boris T.; Kafka, Stella; Castillo, Odette F. T.; Bell, Keaton J.; Cho, P. B.; Sion, Edward M.; Kumar, Praphull; Townsley, Dean M.; Vanderbosch, Zach; Winget, Karen I.; Olde Loohuis, Claire J.
"The Heating and Pulsations of V386 Serpentis after its 2019 Dwarf Nova Outburst"
2021 ApJ, 914, 40
(arXiv:2104.14720)
Boos, Samuel J.; Townsley, Dean M.; Shen, Ken J.; Caldwell, Spencer; Miles, Broxton J.
"Multi-Dimensional Parameter Study of Double Detonation Type Ia Supernovae Originating from Thin-Helium-Shell White Dwarfs "
2021 ApJ, 919, 126
(arXiv:2101.12330)
Shen, Ken J.; Blondin, St\'ephane; Kasen, Daniel; Dessart, Luc; Townsley, Dean M.; Boos, Samuel; Hillier,
D. John
"Non-local Thermodynamic Equilibrium Radiative Transfer Simulations of Sub-Chandrasekhar-mass White Dwarf Detonations"
2021 ApJL, 909, L18
(arXiv:2102.08238)
Augustine, Carlyn N.; Willcox, Donald E.; Brooks, Jared; Townsley, Dean M.; Calder, Alan C.
"SN Ia Explosions from Hybrid Carbon─Oxygen─Neon White Dwarf Progenitors that Have Mixed during Cooling"
2019 ApJ, 887, 188
(arXiv:1910.12403)
Townsley, Dean M.; Miles, Broxton J.; Shen, Ken J.; Kasen, Daniel
"Double Detonations with Thin, Modestly Enriched Helium Layers can Make Normal Type Ia Supernovae"
2019 ApJL, 878, L38
(arXiv:1903.10960)
Raddi, R.; Hollands, M. A.; Koester, D.; Hermes, J. J.; Gänsicke, B. T.; Heber, U.; Shen, K. J.;
Townsley, D. M.; Pala, A. F.; Reding, J. S.; Toloza, O. F.; Pelisoli, I.; Geier, S.; Gentile Fusillo, N.
P.; Munari, U.; Strader, J.
"Partly burnt runaway stellar remnants from peculiar thermonuclear supernovae"
2019 MNRAS, 489, 1489
(arXiv:1902.05061)
Byrohl, C.; Fisher, R.; Townsley, D.
"The Intrinsic Stochasticity of the 56Ni Distribution of Single-degenerate Near-Chandrasekhar-mass SN
Ia"
2019 ApJ, 878, 67
(arXiv:1810.08203)
Townsley, D. M.; Calder, A. C.; Miles, Broxton, J.
"Modeling subgrid combustion processes in simulations of thermonuclear
supernovae"
2019 J.Phys.:Conf.Ser. 1225, 012004
(arXiv:1908.06176), Proceedings of ASTRONUM 2018, the 13th International Conference on
Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows in Panama City Beach, Florida, USA,
on 25-29 June, 2018
Calder, A., Willcox, D., DeGrendele, C., Shangase, D., Zingale, M., Townsley,
D.
"Thermonuclear (Type Ia) Supernovae and Progenitor Evolution"
2019 J.Phys.:Conf.Ser. 1225, 012002
(arXiv:1904.02238),
Proceedings of ASTRONUM 2018, the 13th International Conference on
Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows in Panama City Beach, Florida, USA,
on 25-29 June, 2018
Pala, A. F.; Gänsicke, B. T.; Marsh, T. R.; Breedt, E.; Hermes, J. J.;
Landstreet, J. D.; Schreiber, M. R.; Townsley, D. M.; Wang, L.; Aungwerojwit,
A.; Hambsch, F.-J.; Monard, B.; Myers, G.; Nelson, P.; Pickard, R.; Poyner,
G.; Reichart, D. E.; Stubbings, R.; Godon, P.; Szkody, P.; De Martino, D.;
Dhillon, V. S.; Knigge, C.; Parsons, S. G.
"Evidence for mass accretion driven by spiral shocks onto the white dwarf in
SDSS J123813.73-033933.0"
2019 MNRAS, 483, 1080
(arXiv:1811.05981)
Miles, Broxton J.; Townsley, Dean M.; Shen, Ken J.; Timmes, F. X.; Moore,
Kevin
"Quantifying How Density Gradients and Front Curvature Affect Carbon
Detonation Strength during SNe Ia"
2019 ApJ 871, 154
(arXiv:1806.07820)
Raddi, R.; Hollands, M. A.; Gänsicke, B. T.; Townsley, D. M.; Hermes, J. J.;
Gentile Fusillo, N. P.; Koester, D.
"Anatomy of the hyper-runaway star LP 40-365 with Gaia"
2018 MNRAS 479, L96
(arXiv:1804.09677)
Calder, A. C.; Townsley, D. M.
"Astrophysical Validation"
2019,
Chapter in "Computer Simulation Validation. Fundamental Concepts,
Methodological Frameworks, Philosophical Perspectives." Claus Beisbart and
Nicole J. Saam. Eds.
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-70766-2, ISBN:
978-3-319-70765-5
(arXiv:1809.02180)
Shen, Ken J.; Boubert, Douglas; Gänsicke, Boris T.; Jha, Saurabh W.; Andrews,
Jennifer E.; Chomiuk, Laura; Foley, Ryan J.; Fraser, Morgan; Gromadzki,
Mariusz; Guillochon, James; Kotze, Marissa M.; Maguire, Kate; Siebert,
Matthew R.; Smith, Nathan; Strader, Jay; Badenes, Carles; Kerzendorf,
Wolfgang E.; Koester, Detlev; Kromer, Markus; Miles, Broxton; Pakmor,
Rüdiger; Schwab, Josiah; Toloza, Odette; Toonen, Silvia; Townsley, Dean M.;
Williams, Brian J.
"Three Hypervelocity White Dwarfs in Gaia DR2: Evidence for Dynamically
Driven Double-degenerate Double-detonation Type Ia Supernovae"
2018 ApJ 865, 15
(arXiv:1804.11163)
Raddi, R.; Hollands, M. A.; Koester, D.; Gaensicke, B. T.; Gentile-Fusillo, N. P.; Hermes, J. J.; Townsley, D. M.
"Further insight on the hypervelocity white dwarf, LP 40-365 (GD 492): a nearby emissary from a single-degenerate Type Ia supernova"
2018 ApJ, 858, 3
(arXiv:1803.07564)
Shen, Ken J.; Kasen, Daniel; Miles, Broxton J.; Townsley, Dean M.
"Sub-Chandrasekhar-mass White Dwarf Detonations Revisited"
2018 ApJ, 854, 52
(arXiv:1706.01898)
Martínez-Rodríguez, Héctor; Badenes, Carles; Yamaguchi, Hiroya; Bravo, Eduardo; Timmes, F. X.; Miles, Broxton J.; Townsley, Dean M.; Piro, Anthony L.; Mori, Hideyuki; Andrews, Brett; Park, Sangwook
"Observational evidence for high neutronization in supernova remnants: implications for Type Ia supernova progenitors"
2017 ApJ, 843, 35
(arXiv:1701.07073)
Calder, Alan C.; Krueger, Brendan K.; Jackson, Aaron P.; Willcox, Don E.; Miles, Broxton J.; Townsley, Dean M.
"Cosmic Chandlery with Thermonuclear Supernovae"
2016 Proceeding of Astronum2016 - 11th International Conference on Numerical modeling of Space Plama Flows
(arXiv:1612.01915)
Dave, Pranav; Kashyap, Rahul; Fisher, Robert T.; Timmes, F.X.; Townsley, Dean M.; Byrohl, Chris
"Constraining the Single-degenerate Channel of Type Ia Supernovae with Stable Iron-group Elements in SNR 3C 397"
2017 ApJ, 841, 58
(arXiv:1705.02339)
Pala, A. F.; Gänsicke, B. T.; Townsley, D.; Boyd, D.; Cook, M. J.; De Martino, D.; Godon, P.; Haislip, J. B.;
Henden, A. A.; Hubeny, I.; Ivarsen, K. M.; Kafka, S.; Knigge, C.; LaCluyze, A. P.; Long, K. S.; Marsh, T. R.; Monard,
B.; Moore, J. P.; Myers, G.; Nelson, P.; Nogami, D.; Oksanen, A.; Pickard, R.; Poyner, G.; Reichart, D. E.; Rodriguez
Perez, D.; Schreiber, M. R.; Shears, J.; Sion, E. M.; Stubbings, R.; Szkody, P.; Zorotovic, M.
"Effective temperatures of cataclysmic-variable white dwarfs as a probe of their evolution"
2017 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 466, 2855
(arXiv:1701.02738)
Seitenzahl, Ivo R.; Townsley, Dean M.
"Nucleosynthesis in thermonuclear supernovae"
2017 Chapter in "Handbook of Supernovae", A. Alsabti and P. Murdin editors
(arXiv:1704.00415)
Willcox, Donald E.; Townsley, Dean M.; Calder, Alan C.; Denissenkov, Pavel A.; Herwig, Falk
"Type Ia Supernova Explosions from Hybrid Carbon-Oxygen-Neon White Dwarf Progenitors"
2016 ApJ, 832, 13
(arXiv:1602.06356)
Szkody, Paula; Mukadam, Anjum S.; Gänsicke, Boris T.; Chote, Paul; Nelson, Peter; Myers, Gordon; Toloza, Odette;
Waagen, Elizabeth O.; Sion, Edward M.; Sullivan, Denis J.; Townsley, Dean M.
"GW Librae: Still Hot Eight Years Post-outburst"
2016 AJ, 152, 48
(arXiv:1606.00945)
Toloza, O.; Gänsicke, B. T.; Hermes, J. J.; Townsley, D. M.; Schreiber, M. R.; Szkody, P.; Pala, A.; Beuermann, K.;
Bildsten, L.; Breedt, E.; Cook, M.; Godon, P.; Henden, A. A.; Hubeny, I.; Knigge, C.; Long, K. S.; Marsh, T. R.; de Martino,
D.; Mukadam, A. S.; Myers, G.; Nelson, P.; Oksanen, A.; Patterson, J.; Sion, E. M.; Zorotovic, M.
"GW Librae: a unique laboratory for pulsations in an accreting white dwarf"
2016 MNRAS, 459, 3929
(arXiv:1604.02162)
Townsley, Dean M.; Miles, Broxton J.; Timmes, F. X.; Calder, Alan C.; Brown, Edward F.
"A Tracer Method for Computing Type Ia Supernova Yields: Burning Model Calibration, Reconstruction of Thickened Flames,
and Verification for Planar Detonations"
2016 ApJS, 225, 3
(arXiv:1605.04878)
Miles, Broxton J.; van Rossum, Daniel R.; Townsley, Dean M.; Timmes, F. X.; Jackson, Aaron P.; Calder, Alan C.; Brown, Edward F.
"On Measuring the Metallicity of a Type Ia Supernova's Progenitor"
2016 ApJ, 824, 59
(arXiv:1508.05961)
Mukadam, Anjum S.; Pyrzas, Stylianos; Townsley, Dean M.; Gänsicke, B. T.; Hermes, J. J.; Szkody, Paula; Kemp,
Jonathan; Patterson, J.; Ding, Claire; Wolf, Katie; Gemma, Marina; Karamehmetoglu, Emir; Rock, John
"Constraining the Angular Momentum Evolution of V455 Andromedae"
2016 ApJ, 821, 14
Arcones, Almudena; Bardayan, Dan W.; Beers, Timothy C.; Berstein, Lee A.; Blackmon, Jeffrey C.; Messer, Bronson; Brown,
B. Alex; Brown, Edward F.; Brune, Carl R.; Champagne, Art E.; Chieffi, Alessandro; Couture, Aaron J.; Danielewicz, Pawel;
Diehl, Roland; El-Eid, Mounib; Escher, Jutta; Fields, Brian D.; Fröhlich, Carla; Herwig, Falk; Hix, William Raphael;
Iliadis, Christian; Lynch, William G.; McLaughlin, Gail C.; Meyer, Bradley S.; Mezzacappa, Anthony; Nunes, Filomena; O'Shea,
Brian W.; Prakash, Madappa; Pritychenko, Boris; Reddy, Sanjay; Rehm, Ernst; Rogachev, Grigory; Rutledge, Robert E.; Schatz,
Hendrik; Smith, Michael S.; Stairs, Ingrid H.; Steiner, Andrew W.; Strohmayer, Tod E.; Timmes, Frank X.; Townsley, Dean M.;
Wiescher, Michael; Zegers, Remco G. T.; Zingale, Michael
"White Paper on Nuclear Astrophysics"
2017 Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 94, 1-67
(arXiv:1603.02213)
Paxton, B.; Marchant, P.; Schwab, J.; Bauer, E.B.; Bildsten, L.;
Cantiello, M.;
Dessart, L.; Farmer, R.; Hu, H.; Langer, N.; Townsend, R.H.D.; Townsley, D.M.;
Timmes, F.X.
"Modules for Experiments in Stellar Astrophysics (MESA): Binaries, Pulsations, and Explosions"
2015 ApJS, 220, 15
(arXiv:1506.03146)
; Errata: 2016 ApJS, 223, 18
Hermes, J.J.; Gänsicke, B.T.; Koester, D.; Bours, M.C.P.;
Townsley, D.M.; Farihi, J.; Marsh, T.R.;
Littlefair, Stuart; Dhillon, V.S.; Gianninas, A.;
Breedt, E.; Raddi, R.
"Heavy metals in a light white dwarf: abundances of the metal-rich, extremely
low-mass GALEX J1717+6757"
2014 MNRAS, 444,
1674
(arXiv:1407.7833)
Citations: 1
De, S., Timmes, F.X., Brown, E.F., Calder, A.C., Townsley, D.M.,
Athanassiadou, T., Chamulak, D.A., Hawley, W., Jack, D.
"On Silicon Group Elements Ejected by Supernovae Type Ia"
2014 ApJ, 787, 149
(arXiv:1304.4942)
Citations: 1
Jackson, A.P., Townsley, D.M., & Calder, A.C.
"Power-law Wrinkling Turbulence-Flame Interaction Model for Astrophysical Flames"
2014 ApJ, 784, 174
(arXiv:1402.4527)
Greiss, S., Gänsicke, B.T., Hermes, J.J., Steeghs, D., Koester, D.,
Ramsay, G., Barclay, T., Townsley, D.M.
"KIC 11911480: the second ZZ Ceti in the Kepler field"
2014 MNRAS, 438, 3086
(arXiv:1312.4541)
Citations: 5
Szkody, P.; Mukadam, A.S.; Gänsicke, B.T.; Henden, A.; Sion, E.M.;
Townsley, D.M.; Christian, D.; Falcon, R.E.; Pyrzas, S.; Brown, J.;
Funkhouser, K.
"Hubble Space Telescope and Ground-based Observations of V455 Andromedae Post-outburst"
2013 ApJ, 775, 66
(arXiv:1309.1217)
Citations: 1
Mukadam, A.S.; Townsley, D.M.; Szkody, Paula; Gänsicke, B.T.;
Southworth, J.;
Brockett, T.; Parsons, S.; Hermes, J.J.; Montgomery, M.H.; Winget, D.E.;
Harrold, S.; Tovmassian, G.; Zharikov, S.; Drake, A.J.; Henden, A.;
Rodriguez-Gil, P.; Sion, E.M.; Zola, S.; Szymanski, T.; Pavlenko, E.;
Aungwerojwit, A.; Qian, S.-B.
"Enigmatic Recurrent Pulsational Variability in the Accreting White Dwarf EQ Lyn
(SDSSJ074531.92+453829.6)"
2013 AJ, 146, 54
Citations: 2
Moore, K., Townsley, D.M., Bildsten, L.
"The Effects of Curvature and Expansion on Propagating Helium Detonations on White Dwarfs"
2013 ApJ, 776, 97
(arXiv:1308.4193)
Citations: 6
Szkody, P., Mukadam, A.S., Sion, E.M., Gänsicke, B.T., Henden, A.,
Townsley, D.
"Hubble Space Telescope and Optical Data on SDSSJ0804+5103 (EZ Lyn) One Year after Outburst"
2013 AJ 145, 121
(arXiv:1303.1876)
Citations: 1
Calder, A.C., Krueger, B.K., Jackson, A.P., Townsley, D.M.
"The influence of chemical composition on models of Type Ia supernovae"
2013 Frontiers of Physics, Online First,
doi:10.1007/s11467-013-0301-4
(arXiv:1303.2207)
Citations: 4
Dubey, A., Calder, A.C., Daley, C., Fisher, R.T., Graziani, C.,
Jordan, G.C., Lamb, D.Q., Reid, L.B., Townsley, D.M., Weide, K.
"Pragmatic Optimizations for Better Scientific Utilization of Large Supercomputers"
2012 International Journal of High Performance Computing
Applications, 1094342012464404
Jordan, G.C., IV, Graziani, C., Fisher, R.T., Townsley, D.M.;
Meakin, C., Weide, K., Reid, L.B., Norris, J., Hudson, R., Lamb, D.Q.
"The Detonation Mechanism of the Pulsationally-Assisted Gravitationally-Confined Detonation Model
of Type Ia Supernovae"
2012 ApJ, 759, 53
(arXiv:1202.3997)
Citations: 14
Krueger, B.K., Jackson, A.P., Calder, A.C., Townsley, D.M.,
Brown, E.F., & Timmes, F.X.
"Evaluating Systematic Dependencies of Type Ia Supernovae: The Influence of
Central Density"
2012 ApJ, 757, 175
(arXiv:1208.1986)
Citations: 12
Townsley, D.M., Moore, K., & Bildsten, L.
"Laterally Propagating Detonations in Thin Helium Layers on Accreting White Dwarfs"
2012 ApJ, 755, 4
(arXiv:1205.6517)
Citations: 20
Szkody, P, Mukadam, A.S.; Gänsicke, B.T., Henden, A., Sion, E.M.,
Townsley, D.M.; Chote, P., Harmer, D., Harpe, E.J., Hermes, J.J.,
Sullivan, D.J., Winget, D.E.
"HST and Optical Data Reveal White Dwarf Cooling, Spin, and Periodicities in GW Librae 3-4 Years
after Outburst"
2012 ApJ, 753, 158
(arXiv:1205.2598)
Citations: 8
Calder, A.C., Krueger, B.K., Jackson, A.P., Townsley, D.M., Brown, E.F.,
Timmes, F.X.
"On Simulating Type Ia Supernovae"
2012 Journal of Physics Conference Series, 402,
012023, Conference on Computational Physics, Oak Ridge National
Lab, Oct. 30 - Nov. 3, 2011 (arXiv:1205.0966)
Citations: 2
Mukadam, A.S., Townsley, D.M., Szkody, P.,
Gänsicke, B.T., Winget, D.E., Hermes, J.J.,
Howell, S.B., Teske, J., Patterson, J., Kemp, J., &
Armstrong, E.
"First Unambiguous Detection of the Return of Pulsations in the Accreting
White Dwarf SDSS J074531.92+453829.6 After an Outburst"
2011 ApJ, 728,
L33
Citations: 9
Calder, A.C., Krueger, B.K., Jackson, A.P., Townsley, D.M.,
Timmes, F.X., Brown, E.F., & Chamulak, D.A.
"Evaluating Systematic Dependencies of Type Ia Supernovae"
2010 accepted (SciDAC 2010 refereed conference proceedings)
(arXiv:1011.4022)
Krueger, B., Jackson, A., Townsley, D.M., Calder, A.C.,
Chamulak, D.A., Brown, E.F., & Timmes, F.X.
"On Variations of the Brightness of Type Ia Spuernovae with
the Age of the Host Stellar Population,"
2010 ApJ, 719, L5
(arXiv:1007.0910)
Citations: 26
Jackson, A., Calder, A.C., Townsley, D.M.,
Chamulak, D.A., Brown, E.F., & Timmes, F.X.
"Evaluating Systematic Dependencies of Type Ia Supernovae:
The Influence of Deflagration to Detonation Density"
2010 ApJ, 720, 99
(arXiv:1007.1138)
Citations: 29
Mukadam, A., Townsley, D.M., Gaensicke, B.T., Szkody, P., Marsh, T.R.,
Robinson, E.L. et al
"Multi-site Observations of Pulsation in the Accreting
White Dwarf SDSS J161033.64-010223.3 (V386 Ser)"
2010 ApJ, 714, 1702
(arXiv:1003.5703)
Citations: 14
Townsley, D.M., Jackson, A., Calder, A.C.,
Chamulak, D.A., Brown, E.F., & Timmes, F.X.
"Evaluating Systematic Dependencies of Type Ia Supernovae:
The Influence of Progenitor 22Ne Content on Dynamics"
2009 ApJ, 701,1582
(arXiv:0906.4384)
Citations: 20
Townsley, D.M., Gänsicke, B.T.
"Cataclysmic Variable Primary Effective Temperatures:
Constraints on Binary Angular Momentum Loss",
2009 ApJ, 693, 1007
(arXiv:0811.2447)
Citations: 73
Seitenzahl, I.R., Meakin, C.A., Townsley, D.M,
Lamb, D.Q., & Truran, J.W.
"Spontaneous Initiation of Detonations in White Dwarf Environments: Determination of Critical
Sizes"
2009 ApJ, 696, 515
(arXiv:0901.3677)
Citations: 41
Townsley, D.M.
"Treating Unresolvable Flame Physics in Simulations of Thermonuclear
Supernovae",
2009
Computing in Science and Engineering, V. 11, Iss. 2, 18
Meakin, C.A., Seitenzahl, I.R., Townsley, D.M,
Jordan, G.C. IV,
Truran, J.W., & Lamb, D.Q.
"Study of the Detonation Phase in the Gravitationally Confined Detonation Model of Type Ia
Supernovae",
2009 ApJ, 693, 1188
(arXiv:0806.4972)
Citations: 42
Seitenzahl, I.R., Townsley, D.M., Peng, F., & Truran, J.W.
"Nuclear Statistical Equilibrium for Type Ia Supernova Simulations",
2009
ADNDT, 95, 96
Citations: 21
Southworth, J., Townsley, D.M., Gänsicke, B.T.
"Orbital periods of cataclysmic variables identified by the SDSS – IV. SDSS J220553.98+115553.7 has stopped
pulsating",
2008 MNRAS, 388, 709
Citations: 9
Townsley, D.M., Bair, R.A., Dubey, A.,
Fisher, R.T., Hearn, N.C., Lamb, D.Q., Riley, K.M.
"Large-scale simulations of buoyancy-driven turbulent nuclear burning",
2008 J.
Phys.: Conf. Ser. 125 012001 (SciDAC 2008 refereed conference proceedings)
Citations: 2
Jordan, G.C., Fisher, R.T., Townsley, D.M., Calder, A.C.,
Graziani, C., Asida, S., Lamb, D.Q. & Truran, J.W.
"Three-Dimensional Simulations of the Deflagration Phase of the Gravitationally
Confined Detonation Model of Type Ia Supernovae",
2008
ApJ, 681, 1448
(astro-ph/0703573)
Citations: 59
Townsley, D.M., Calder, A.C., Asida, S.,
Seitenzahl, I.R., Peng, F., Vladimirova, N.,
Lamb, D.Q., & Truran, J.W.
"Flame Evolution During the Deflagration Phase of Type Ia Supernovae",
2007,
ApJ, 668, 1118
(arXiv:0706.1094)
Citations: 35
Calder, A.C., Townsley, D.M., Seitenzahl, I.R., Peng, F.,
Messer, O.E.B., Vladimirova, N., Brown, E.F., Truran, J.W.,
& Lamb, D.Q.
"Capturing the Fire: Flame Energetics and Neutronizaton for Type Ia
Supernova Simulations",
2007, ApJ, 656, 313
( astro-ph/0611009)
Citations: 31
Arras, P., Townsley, D. M., & Bildsten, L.
"Pulsational Instabilities in Accreting White Dwarfs",
2006 ApJ,
643, L119 (astro-ph/0604319)
Citations: 41
Bildsten, L., Townsley, D. M., Deloye, C. J., & Nelemans, G.
"The Thermal State of the Accreting White Dwarf in AM Canum Venaticorum Binaries",
2006
ApJ, 640, 466
(astro-ph/0510652)
Citations: 36
Townsley, D. M. & Bildsten, L.
"Classical Novae as a Probe of the
Cataclysmic Variable Population",
2005
ApJ, 628, 395
(astro-ph/0503556)
Citations: 38
Townsley, D. M., Arras, P., & Bildsten, L.
"Seismology of the Accreting White Dwarf in GW lib",
2004
ApJ, 608, L105
(astro-ph/0405132)
Citations: 27
Townsley, D. M. & Bildsten, L.
"Theoretical Modeling of the Thermal
State of Accreting White Dwarfs Undergoing Classical Nova Cycles",
2004
ApJ, 600, 390
(astro-ph/0306080)
Citations: 82
Townsley, D. M. & Bildsten, L.
"Measuring White Dwarf Accretion Rates via Their Effective Temperatures",
2003
ApJ, 596, L227
(astro-ph/0309208)
Citations: 79
Townsley, D. M. & Bildsten, L.
"Faint Cataclysmic Variables in
Quiescence: Globular Cluster and Field Surveys",
2002
ApJ, 565, L35
(astro-ph/0112270)
Citations: 44
Novotny, M. A., Rikvold, P. A., Kolesik, M., Townsley, D. M., and Ramos, R. A.
"Simulations of metastable decay in two- and three-dimensional models with
microscopic dynamics",
2000, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 274, 356
Citations: 13
Toloza, Odette; Breedt, Elme; De Martino, Domitilla; and 27 more
"Understanding the evolution of close white dwarf binaries"
2019 Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Vol. 51, Issue 3, Id 168, Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, science white papers
(arXiv:1903.04612)
Timmes, Frank; Fryer, Chris; Hungerford, Aimee L.; and 218 more
"Catching Element Formation In The Act ; The Case for a New MeV Gamma-Ray Mission: Radionuclide
Astronomy in the 2020s"
2019 Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Vol. 51, Issue 3, Id 2, Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, science white papers
(arXiv:1902.02915)
Pala, A. F.; Gänsicke, B. T.; Beuermann, K.; Bildsten, L.; De Martino, D.; Godon, P.; Henden, A. A.; Hubeny, I.;
Knigge, C.; Long, K. S.; Marsh, T. R.; Patterson, J.; Schreiber, M. R.; Sion, E. M.; Szkody, P.; Townsley, D.; Zorotovic,
M.
"An Intensive HST/COS Study of 31 CV WDs"
2015 ASP Conf. Series 493, 521
Mukadam, Anjum S.; Pyrzas, Stylianos; Townsley, D. M.; Gänsicke, J. J.; Hermes, J. J.; Szkody, P.
"Angular Momentum Evolution of V455 Andromedae"
2015 ASP Conf. Series 493, 495
Toloza, Odette; Gänsicke, Boris T.; Hermes, JJ; Townsley, Dean M.; Szkody, Paula; Beuermann, K.; Bildsten, Lars;
de Martino, D.; Godon, Patrick; Henden, Arne A.; Hubeny, Ivan; Knigge, Christian; Long, Knox S.; Marsh, T. R.; Patterson,
Joseph; Schreiber, M. R.; Sion, Edward M.; Zorotovic, Monica
"GW Lib: a Unique Laboratory for White Dwarf Pulsations"
2015 ASP Conf. Series 493, 253
Greiss, S.; Gänsicke, B.; Hermes, J.J.; Steeghs, D.T.H.;
Barclay, T.; Ramsay, G.; Townsley, D.
"The Search for White Dwarfs in the Kepler Field"
2013 ASP Conf. Series 469, 223
Szkody, P., Mukadam, A.S., Gänsicke, B.T., Sion, E.M., Townsley, D.,
Henden, A.
"Enigmas of Accreting Pulsating White Dwarfs",
2013 ASP Conf. Series 469, 31
Mukadam, A.S., Townsley, D.M., Szkody, P.,
Gänsicke, B.T., Winget, D.E., Hermes, J.J.,
Howell, S.B., Teske, J., Patterson, J., Kemp, J., &
Armstrong, E.
2010 AIP Conf. Proc., 1273,
520
(2010AIPC.1273..520M)
Krueger, B.K., Jackson, A.P., Calder, A.C., Townsley, D.M., Brown, E.F., & Timmes, F.X.
"On Variations of the Brightness of Type Ia Supernovae With the Age of the Host Stellar Population"
2011,
proceedings from "11th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos",
PoS(NIC XI)253
Jackson, A.P., Calder, A.C., Townsley, D.M., Chamulak, D.A., Brown, E.F., & Timmes, F.X.
"Turbulence-Flame Interaction on the Early Evolution of Flames in Type Ia Supernovae"
2011,
proceedings from "11th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos",
PoS(NIC XI)249
Calder, A.C., Jackson, A.P., Krueger, B.K., Townsley, D.M., Chamulak, D.A., Brown, E.F., & Timmes, F.X.
"The Influence of Deflagration to Detonation Transition Density on Type Ia Supernovae",
2011,
proceedings from "11th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos",
PoS(NIC XI)251
Townsley, D.M., Arras, P., & Bildsten, L.
"Seismology of Rapidly Rotating Accreting White Dwarfs"
2010, proceedings from "Physics of Accreting Compact Binaries"
(arXiv:1601.02046)
Townsley, D.M.
"Comparing Thermonuclear Runaway Conditions in Recurrent and Classical
Novae"
RS Ophiuci 2006, in press
Townsley, D. M. & Bildsten, L.
"The Thermal Structure and Evolution of Accreting White Dwarfs"
Proceedings of the 15th European White Dwarf Workshop, in press.
Arras, P., Townsley, D., & Bildsten, L.
"Seismology of Accreting White Dwarfs"
2005,
ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 330,
The Astrophysics of Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects, p. 251,
Edited by J.-M. Hameury and J.-P. Lasota. (San Francisco: ASP),
(astro-ph/0410313)
Townsley, D. M. & Bildsten, L.
"Physical Interpretation of Dwarf Nova
Primary Effective Temperatures"
2004, Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y
Astrofísica (Serie de Conferencias) Vol. 20. IAU Colloquium 194, pp. 192-193
Townsley, D. M. & Bildsten, L.
"White Dwarf Colors in Low Accretion Rate Binaries"
2003, NATO Science Series II --
Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 105, p. 351 (Klewer),
(astro-ph/0209195)
Bildsten, L. & Townsley, D.M.
"Internal Conditions of Accreting White Dwarfs"
2003, NATO Science Series II --
Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 105, p. 313 (Klewer),
(astro-ph/0209197)
Townsley, D.M. & Bildsten, L.
"Compressional heating of accreting white dwarfs in CVs"
2002, ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 261, The Physics of
Cataclysmic Variables and Related Objects, p. 31 (San Francisco:ASP),
(astro-ph/0112267)
March 30, 2021, "The makings of models for white dwarf supernovae", KITP online conference: White Dwarfs from Physics to Astrophysics
June 26, 2018, "Modeling Subgrid Combustion Processes in Simulations of Thermonuclear Supernovae", ASTRONUM 2018, the 13th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows, Panama City Beach, FL
June 21, 2018, "Curvature and Density Gradients for Detonations, Helium Shell Products in Double-Detonations", SRITP, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, workshop on Radiation Transfer and Explosive Thermonuclear Burning in Supernovae
February 6, 2018, "The Continuing Quest for a Detailed Model of Type Ia Supernovae", University of Alabama at Huntsville, Physics Department Colloquium
March 26, 2015, "Modeling Combustion in Current Candidate Scenarios for Thermonuclear Supernovae", Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Physics Division Seminar
September 16, 2014, "Detonation Products and the Dependence of SNIa Spectra on Progenitor Composition", Conference: "Supernovae Type Ia: progenitors, explosions, and cosmology", University of Chicago
August 14-15, 2014, I presented two half-days of lecture and workshop at the 2014 MESA Summerschool on simulating accreting white dwarf stars with MESA
April 10, 2013, "Explosive Thermonuclear Runaways in Helium Layers on White Dwarf Stars", Astronomy Colloquium, University of Oklahoma
May 14, 2013, "Nucleosynthesis and Electron Capture in Multidimensional Simulations of Type Ia Supernovae", Conference: "Fifty-one Ergs" held at North Carolina State University, USA
July 7, 2011, "Evaluating How Progenitor Properties Influence Type Ia Supernova Appearance", IAU Symposium 281: "Binary Paths to Type Ia Supernovae Explosions", Padova, Italy
October 22, 2010, "Thermonuclear Supernovae", Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics Frontiers Workshop 2010, Abbey Resort, Lake Geneva, WI
July 27, 2010, "Seismology of Rapidly Rotating Accreting White Dwarfs", Conference "Physics of Accreting Compact Binaries", Kyoto, Japan
August 24, 2009, "Thermonuclear Supernovae, Their Stellar Origins, and the Makeup of The Universe", Physics and Astronomy Colloquium, University of Alabama
March 16, 2009, "Long Term Variation of Quiescent Effective Temperatures of CV White Dwarfs", Wild Stars in the Old West II, University of Arizona
November 24, 2008, "Thermonuclear Supernovae, Their Stellar Origins, and the Makeup of The Universe", Theoretical Astrophysics Seminar, University of Arizona
September 18, 2008, "Thermonuclear Supernovae, Their Stellar Origins, and the Makeup of The Universe", Astrophysics Seminar, Arizona State University
August 28, 2008, "Accretion-induced Thermonuclear Incineration of White Dwarf Stars", Conference The Equation of State in Astrophysics at Argonne National Laboratory
April 16, 2008, "White Dwarf Stars in Mass Transferring Binaries and their Outbursts", Astrophysics Seminar, State University of New York -- Stonybrook
March 18, 2008, "Thermonuclear Supernovae, Their Stellar Origins, and the Makeup of The Universe", Physics Division Seminar, Argonne National Laboratory
January 15, 2008, "Thermonuclear Supernovae, Their Stellar Origins, and the Makeup of The Universe", Physics Colloquium, North Carolina State University
November 5, 2007, "Explosions in Mass Transferring White Dwarf Stellar Binaries", Nuclear Astrophysics Seminar, Notre Dame University
October 26, 2007, "Explosions in Mass Transferring White Dwarf Stellar Binaries", Astrophysics Colloquium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
June 12, 2007, "Comparing Classical and Recurrent Novae", Invited Talk, RS Oph 2006
March 20, 2007, "Hydrogen Ignitions in Cataclysmic Variables", Invited Talk, KITP Conference: Accretion and Explosion
March 1, 2007, "Flame Evolution During the Deflagration of a White Dwarf in a Type Ia Supernova" Monthly astrophysics lunch seminar, Argonne National Laboratory, Chicago
August 10, 2006, "The Thermal Structure and Evolution of Accreting White Dwarfs" The 15th European White Dwarf Workshop, Leicester, U.K.
August 3, 2006, "Accreting WD Adiabatic Seismology and GW Lib", CV WD workshop, University of Warwick, U.K.
August 3, 2006, "Determining Average Accretion Rate from Effective Temperature", CV WD workshop, University of Warwick, U.K.
January 18, 2006, "Accreting WD Adiabatic Seismology and GW Lib", Invited Talk, Pulsating CV WD Workshop, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara
July 15, 2005, "The Thermal State of Accreting White Dwarfs and What It Tells Us About the Evolution of Compact Binaries", Seminar, IEEC, Barcelona, Spain
July 6, 2005, "Thermal Evolution of AM CVn Primaries", Invited Talk, AM CVn Workshop, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
March 3, 2005, "Characterizing and Understanding Accreting White Dwarf Stars", Seminar, Argonne National Lab, Chicago
October 4, 2004, "The Thermal State of Accreting White Dwarfs and What They Tell Us About the Evolution of Compact Binaries", Seminar, Michigan State University
September 15, 2003, "The Thermal State of Accreting White Dwarfs Undergoing Classical Novae", Seminar, Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics
September 10, 2003, "The Thermal State of Accreting White Dwarfs Undergoing Classical Novae", Seminar, ASCI Flash Center, University of Chicago
January 28, 2003, "Theoretical Expectations for Quiescent CV Colors", Invited Talk, KITP Conference: Globular Clusters: Formation, Evolution and the Role of Compact Objects, http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/clusters_c03/townsley/
May 16, 2007, "Flame Evolution and the Properties of Ias in the Gravitationally Confined Detonation Scenario", KITP Workshop: White Dwarfs, Accretion and Explosion
May 16, 2007, "Classical Novae and the Thermal History of CV White Dwarfs", KITP Workshop: White Dwarfs, Accretion and Explosion
October 7, 2005, "The Astrophysical Conditions of Classical Nova Nucleosynthesis", Contributed Talk, Argonne National Lab Nuclear Theory Workshop, Chicago
October 23, 2003, "Pulsations on Accreting White Dwarfs", Contributed Talk, Theoretical Astrophysics in Southern California Meeting 2003, UCLA
September 18, 2003, "The Thermal State of Accreting White Dwarfs Undergoing Classical Novae", Seminar, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
April 10, 2003, "The Thermal State of Accreting White Dwarfs Undergoing Classical Novae", Seminar, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UCSB, http://online.itp.ucsb.edu/online/astro99/townsley/
October 18, 2002, "Spectral evolution of Old Cataclysmic Variables", Contributed Talk, Theoretical Astrophysics in Southern California Meeting 2002, KITP, UCSB
January 9, 2002, "Physics of Accreting White Dwarf Stars", Seminar, UCSB
October 26, 2001, "Compressional Heating of Accreting White Dwarfs", Contributed Talk, 1st Theoretical Astrophysics in Southern California Meeting, Caltech
April 26, 2001, "Compressional Heating of Accreting White Dwarfs", Seminar, KITP, UCSB
December 11, 2004, "The Life of a Star", Saturday Academy for Space Science (extracurricular high school science program), Chicago State University
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