W. David Arnett 2008 --- Regents Professor of Astrophysics, NAS

OFFICE: Steward 322 EMAIL: darnett@as.arizona.edu PHONE: (520)621-9587 FAX: (520)621-1532

Ph. D., Physics (1965), Yale University, B. S., Physics (1961), University of Kentucky

Chandresekhar Visiting Professor, International Center for Relativistic Astrophysics (ICRA), Rome-Pescara-Nice

Chandrasekhar Lecture, Bose Center, Kolkata, India, Feb. 2008

Research Interests

The origin of the elements, supernovae, neutron stars, and black holes

Computer modelling of turbulent compressible flow, stellar evolution

High energy density plasma experiments

Draft of turbulent convection paper, Arnett, Meakin, and Young, 2008 Submitted to ApJ.

1977 paper predicting SNIbc's and shock breakout

ASTR 535 - STELLAR EVOLUTION CLASS - SPRING 2008

Current Stellar Evolution and Hydrodynamics Code TYCHO

Tycho Project

Two and Three Dimensional Hydrodynamics (Casey Meakin) (here)

Coming attraction: multi-dimensional progenitors for core collapse supernovae

Recent publications: (here)

High Energy Density Astrophysics graphics Temperature and Density Domains accessible with HED Lasers

Solar model graphics Buoyancy frequency and Sound Speed Errors

Book: Arnett, D., Supernovae and Nucleosynthesis, 1996, Princeton University Press.

Short vita in pdf format.

This work is supported by grants from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA), and the Space Telescope Science Institute.