Author:
Chen Zhi,Johnson Eric T.,Katz Max,Smith Clark Alexander,Boyd Brendan,Zingale Michael
Abstract
Abstract
We describe the AMReX-Astrophysics framework for exploring the sensitivity of astrophysical simulations to the details of a nuclear reaction network, including the number of nuclei, choice of reaction rates, and approximations used. This is explored by modeling a simple detonation with the Castro simulation code. The entire simulation methodology is open-source and GPU-enabled.