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Refereed Publications in Main Journals      

  1. F. Miczek, F. K. Röpke, P. V. F. Edelmann (2015):
    New numerical solver for flows at various Mach numbers,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 576, id. A50

  2. I. R. Seitenzahl, A. Summa, F. Krauß, S. A. Sim, R. Diehl, D. Elsässer, M. Fink, W. Hillebrandt, M. Kromer, K. Maeda, K. Mannheim, R. Pakmor, F. K. Röpke, A. J. Ruiter, J. Wilms (2015):
    5.9-keV Mn K-shell X-ray luminosity from the decay of 55Fe in Type Ia supernova models,
    MNRAS 447, 1484–1490

  3. R. Diehl, T. Siegert, W. Hillebrandt, M. Krause, J. Greiner, K. Maeda, F. K. Röpke, S. A. Sim, W. Wang, X. Zhang(2015):
    SN2014J gamma rays from the 56Ni decay chain,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics, 574, id. A72

  4. C. Inserra, S. A. Sim, L. Wyrzykowski, S. J. Smartt, M. Fraser, M. Nicholl, K. J. Shen, A. Jerkstrand, A. Gal-Yam, D. A. Howell, K. Maguire, P. Mazzali, S. Valenti, S. Taubenberger, S. Benitez-Herrera, D. Bersier, N. Blagorodnova, H. Campbell, T.-W. Chen, N. Elias-Rosa, W. Hillebrandt, Z. Kostrzewa-Rutkowska, S. Kozłowski, M. Kromer, J. D. Lyman, J. Polshaw, F. K. Röpke, A. J. Ruiter, K. Smith, S. Spiro, M. Sullivan, O. Yaron, D. Young, F. Yuan (2015):
    OGLE-2013-SN-079: A Lonely Supernova Consistent with a Helium Shell Detonation,
    Astrophysical Journal Letters 799, id. L2

  5. C. Travaglio, R. Gallino, T. Rauscher, F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt (2015):
    Testing the Role of SNe Ia for Galactic Chemical Evolution of p-nuclei with Two-dimensional Models and with s-process Seeds at Different Metallicities,
    Astrophysical Journal 779, id. 54

  6. R. Diehl, T. Siegert, W. Hillebrandt, S. A. Grebenev, J. Greiner, M. Krause, M. Kromer, K. Maeda, F. K. Röpke, S. Taubenberger (2014):
    Early 56Ni decay gamma rays from SN 2014J suggest an unusual explosion,
    Science, 345, 1162–1165 [ADS]

  7. C. Travaglio, R. Gallino, T. Rauscher, N. Dauphas, F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt (2014):
    Radiogenic p-isotopes from Type Ia Supernova, Nuclear Physics Uncertainties, and Galactic Chemical Evolution Compared with Values in Primitive Meteorites,
    Astrophysical Journal, 795, 141 [ADS]

  8. I. R. Seitenzahl, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, F. K. Röpke, M. Fink, W. Hillebrandt, M. Kromer, R. Pakmor, A. J. Ruiter, S. A. Sim & S. Taubenberger (2014):
    Erratum: three-dimensional delayed-detonation models with nucleosynthesis for Type Ia supernovae,
    MNRAS 444, 350–351 [ADS]

  9. R. J. Foley, O. D. Fox, C. McCully, M. M. Phillips, D. J. Sand, W. Zheng, P. Challis, A. V. Filippenko, G. Folatelli, W. Hillebrandt, E. Y. Hsiao, S. W. Jha, R. P. Kirshner, M. Kromer, G. H. Marion, M. Nelson, R. Pakmor, G. Pignata, F. K. Röpke, I. R. Seitenzahl, J. M. Silverman, M. Skrutskie, M. D. Stritzinger (2014):
    Extensive HST ultraviolet spectra and multiwavelength observations of SN 2014J in M82 indicate reddening and circumstellar scattering by typical dust,
    MNRAS 443, 2887–2906 [ADS]

  10. M. Fink, M. Kromer, I. R. Seitenzahl, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, F. K. Röpke, S. A. Sim, R. Pakmor, A. J. Ruiter, W. Hillebrandt (2014):
    Three-dimensional pure deflagration models with nucleosynthesis and synthetic observables for Type Ia supernovae,
    MNRAS 438, 1762–1783 [ADS]

  11. S. T. Ohlmann, M. Kromer, M. Fink, R. Pakmor, I. R. Seitenzahl, S. A. Sim, F. K. Röpke (2014):
    The white dwarf's carbon fraction as a secondary parameter of Type Ia supernovae,
    Astronomy & Astrophysics 572, A57 [ADS]

  12. I. R. Seitenzahl, G. Cescutti, F. K. Röpke, A. J. Ruiter, R. Pakmor (2013):
    Solar abundance of manganese: a case for near Chandrasekhar-mass Type Ia supernova progenitors,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 559, id. L5 [ADS]

  13. M. Kromer, R. Pakmor, S. Taubenberger, G. Pignata, M. Fink, F. K. Röpke, I. R. Seitenzahl, S. A. Sim, W. Hillebrandt (2013):
    SN 2010lp – a Type Ia Supernova from a Violent Merger of Two Carbon-Oxygen White Dwarfs,
    Astrophysical Journal Letters 778, id. L18 [ADS]

  14. Z.-W. Liu, M. Kromer, M. Fink, R. Pakmor, F. K. Röpke, X. F. Chen, B. Wang, Z. W. Han (2013):
    Predicting the Amount of Hydrogen Stripped by the SN Explosion for SN 2002cx-like SNe Ia,
    Astrophysical Journal 778, id. 121 [ADS]

  15. S. A. Sim, I. R. Seitenzahl, M. Kromer, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, F. K. Röpke, M. Fink, W. Hillebrandt, R. Pakmor, A. J. Ruiter, S. Taubenberger (2013):
    Synthetic light curves and spectra for three-dimensional delayed-detonation models of Type Ia supernovae,
    MNRAS 436, 333–347 [ADS]

  16. F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, I. R. Seitenzahl, F. K. Röpke (2013):
    A Subgrid-scale Model for Deflagration-to-Detonation Transitions in Type Ia Supernova Explosion Simulations: Numerical implementation,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 559, id. A117[ADS]

  17. S. Benitez-Herrera, E. E. O. Ishida, M. Maturi, W. Hillebrandt, M. Bartelmann, F. K. Röpke (2013):
    Cosmological Parameter Estimation from SN Ia data: a Model-Independent Approach,
    MNRAS 436, 854–858 [ADS]

  18. Z.-W. Liu, R. Pakmor, I. R. Seitenzahl, W. Hillebrandt, M. Kromer, F. K. Röpke, P. Edelmann, S. Taubenberger, K. Maeda, B. Wang, Z. W. Han, (2013):
    The Impact of Type Ia Supernova Explosions on Helium Companions in the Chandrasekhar-mass Explosion Scenario,
    Astrophysical Journal 774, id. 37 [ADS]

  19. A. Parikh, J. José, I. R. Seitenzahl, F. K. Röpke (2013):
    The Effects of Variations in Nuclear Interactions on Nucleosynthesis in Thermonuclear Supernovae,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 557, id. A3 [ADS]

  20. G. Pagliara, M. Herzog, F. K. Röpke (2013):
    Combustion of a neutron star into a strange quark star: The neutrino signal,
    Physical Review D 87, id. 103007 [ADS]

  21. A. Summa, A. Ulyanov, M. Kromer, S. Boyer, F. K. Röpke, S. A. Sim, I. R. Seitenzahl, M. Fink, K. Mannheim, R. Pakmor, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, R. Diehl, K. Maeda, W. Hillebrandt (2013):
    Gamma-ray diagnostics of Type Ia supernovae: Predictions of observables from three-dimensional modeling,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 554, id. A67[ADS]

  22. Z.-W. Liu, R. Pakmor, F. K. Röpke, P. Edelmann, W. Hillebrandt, W. E. Kerzendorf, B. Wang, Bo; Z.-W. Han (2013):
    The rotation of surviving companion stars after type Ia supernova explosions in the WD+MS scenario,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 554, id. A109[ADS]

  23. M. Kromer, M. Fink, V. Stanishev, S. Taubenberger, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolman, R. Pakmor, F. K. Röpke, A. J. Ruiter, I. R. Seitenzahl, S. A. Sim, G. Blanc, N. Elias-Rosa, W. Hillebrandt (2013):
    3D deflagration simulations leaving bound remnants: a model for 2002cx-like Type Ia supernovae,
    MNRAS 429, 2287–2297 [ADS]

  24. A. J. Ruiter, S. A. Sim, R. Pakmor, M. Kromer, I. R. Seitenzahl, K. Belczynski, M. Fink, M. Herzog, W. Hillebrandt, F. K. Röpke, S. Taubenberger (2013):
    On the brightness distribution of Type Ia supernovae from violent white dwarf mergers,
    MNRAS 429, 1425–1436 [ADS]

  25. I. R. Seitenzahl, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, F. K. Röpke, M. Fink, W. Hillebrandt, M. Kromer, R. Pakmor, A. J. Ruiter, S. A. Sim, S. Taubenberger (2013):
    Three-dimensional delayed-detonation models with nucleosynthesis for Type Ia supernovae,
    MNRAS 429, 1156–1172 [ADS]

  26. Z. W. Liu, R. Pakmor, F. K. Röpke, P. Edelmann, B. Wang, M. Kromer, W. Hillebrandt, Z. W. Han (2012):
    Three-dimensional simulations of the interaction between Type Ia supernova ejecta and their main sequence companions,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 548, A2 [ADS]

  27. K. Maeda, Y. Terada, D. Kasen, F. K. Röpke, A. Bamba, R. Diehl, K. Nomoto, M. Kromer, I. Seitenzahl, H. Yamaguchi, T. Tamagawa, W. Hillebrandt (2012):
    Prospect of Studying Hard X- and Gamma-Rays from Type Ia Supernovae
    Astrophysical Journal 760, 54 [ADS]

  28. U. M. Noebauer, S. A. Sim, M. Kromer, F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt (2012):
    Monte Carlo radiation hydrodynamics: methods, tests and application to Type Ia supernova ejecta,
    MNRAS 425, 1430–1444 [ADS]

  29. R. Pakmor, P. Edelmann, F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt (2012):
    Stellar GADGET: a smoothed particle hydrodynamics code for stellar astrophysics and its application to Type Ia supernovae from white dwarf mergers,
    MNRAS 424, 2222–2231 [ADS]

  30. R. J. Foley, M. Kromer, Markus, G. Howie Marion, G. Pignata, M. D. Stritzinger, S. Taubenberger, P. Challis, A. V. Filippenko, G. Folatelli, W. Hillebrandt, E. Y. Hsiao, R. P. Kirshner, W. Li, N. I. Morrell, F. K. Röpke, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, I. R. Seitenzahl, J. M. Silverman, R. A. Simcoe, Z. K. Berta, K. M. Ivarsen, E. R. Newton, M. C. Nysewander, D. E. Reichart (2012):
    The First Maximum-Light Ultraviolet through Near-Infrared Spectrum of a Type Ia Supernova,
    Astrophysical Journal Letters 753, L5 [ADS]

  31. F. K. Röpke, M. Kromer, I. R. Seitenzahl, R. Pakmor, S. A. Sim, S. Taubenberger, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, W. Hillebrandt, G. Aldering, P. Antilogus, C. Baltay, S. Benitez-Herrera, S. Bongard, C. Buton, A. Canto, F. Cellier-Holzem, M. Childress, N. Chotard, Y. Copin, H. K. Fakhouri, M. Fink, D. Fouchez, E. Gangler, J. Guy, S. Hachinger, E. Y. Hsiao, J. Chen, M. Kerschhaggl, M. Kowalski, P. Nugent, K. Paech, R. Pain, E. Pecontal, R. Pereira, S. Perlmutter, D. Rabinowitz, M. Rigault, K. Runge, C. Saunders, G. Smadja, N. Suzuki, C. Tao, R. C. Thomas, A. Tilquin, C. Wu (2012):
    Constraining Type Ia Supernova Models: SN 2011fe as a Test Case,
    Astrophysical Journal Letters 750, L19 [ADS]

  32. R. Pakmor, M. Kromer, S. Taubenberger, S. A. Sim, F. K. Röpke, and W. Hillebrandt (2012):
    Normal Type Ia Supernovae from Violent Mergers of White Dwarf Binaries,
    Astrophysical Journal Letters 747, L10 [ADS]

  33. S. A. Sim, M. Fink, M. Kromer, F. K. Röpke, A. J. Ruiter, and W. Hillebrandt (2012):
    2D simulations of the double-detonation model for thermonuclear transients from low-mass carbon-oxygen white dwarfs,
    MNRAS 420, 3003 [ADS]

  34. S. Benitez-Herrera, F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, C. Mignone, M. Bartelmann, and J. Weller (2012):
    Model-Independent Reconstruction of the Expansion History of the Universe from Type Ia Supernovae,
    MNRAS 419, 513–521 [ADS]

  35. M. Herzog and F. K. Röpke (2011):
    Three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations of the combustion of a neutron star into a quark star,
    Phys. Rev. D, 84, 083002 [ADS]

  36. S. Blondin, D. Kasen, F. K. Röpke, R. P. Kirshner, and K. S. Mandel (2011):
    Confronting 2D delayed-detonation models with light curves and spectra of Type Ia supernovae,
    MNRAS 417, 1280–1302 [ADS]

  37. C. Travaglio, F. K. Röpke, R. Gallino, and W. Hillebrandt (2011):
    Type Ia Supernovae as Sites of p-process: Two-Dimensional Models Coupled to Nucleosynthesis,
    Astrophysical Journal 739, 93 [ADS]

  38. I. R. Seitenzahl, F. Ciaraldi-Scholmann, and F. K. Röpke (2011):
    Type Ia supernova diversity: white dwarf central density as a secondary parameter in three-dimensional delayed detonation models,
    MNRAS 414, 2709–2715 [ADS]

  39. R. Pakmor, S. Hachinger, F. K. Röpke, and W. Hillebrandt (2011):
    Violent mergers of nearly equal-mass white dwarf as progenitors of subluminous Type Ia supernovae,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 528, A117 [ADS]

  40. W. Hillebrandt and F. K. Röpke (2010):
    Modeling type Ia supernovae,
    New Astronomy Reviews 54, 201–205 [ADS]

  41. K. Maeda, S. Benetti, M. Stritzinger, F. K. Röpke, G. Folatelli, J. Sollerman, S. Taubenberger, K. Nomoto, G. Leloudas, M. Hamuy, M. Tanaka, P. A. Mazzali, and N. Elias-Rosa (2010):
    An asymmetric explosion as the origin of spectral evolution diversity in type Ia supernovae,
    Nature 466, 82–85 [ADS]

  42. M. Kromer, S. A. Sim, M. Fink, F. K. Röpke, I. R. Seitenzahl, and W. Hillebrandt (2010):
    Double-detonation sub-Chandrasekhar supernovae: Synthetic observables for minimum helium shell mass models,
    Astrophysical Journal 719, 1067–1082 [ADS]

  43. I. R. Seitenzahl, F. K. Röpke, M. Fink, and R. Pakmor (2010):
    Nucleosynthesis in thermonuclear supernovae with tracers: convergence and variable mass particles,
    MNRAS 407, 2297–2304

  44. S. A. Sim, F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, M. Kromer, R. Pakmor, M. Fink, A. R. Ruiter, and I. R. Seitenzahl (2010):
    Detonations in Sub-Chandrasekhar Mass C+O White Dwarfs,
    Astrophysical Journal 714, L52–L57 [ADS]

  45. M. Fink, F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, I. R. Seitenzahl, S. A. Sim, and M. Kromer (2010):
    Double-detonation sub-Chandrasekhar supernovae: can minimum helium shell masses detonate the core?,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 514, A53 [ADS]

  46. K. Maeda, F. K. Röpke, M. Fink, W. Hillebrandt, C. Travaglio, and F.-K. Thielemann (2010):
    Nucleosynthesis in Two-Dimensional Delayed Detonation Models of Type Ia Supernova Explosions,
    Astrophysical Journal 712, 624–638 [ADS]

  47. W. Schmidt, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, J. C. Niemeyer, F. K. Röpke, and W. Hillebrandt (2010):
    Turbulence in a three-dimensional deflagration model for type Ia supernovae: II. Intermittency and the deflagration-to-detonation transition probability,
    Astrophysical Journal 710, 1683–1693 [ADS]

  48. R. Pakmor, M. Kromer, F. K. Röpke, S. A. Sim, A. J. Ruiter, and W. Hillebrandt (2010):
    Sub-luminous type Ia supernovae from the mergers of equal-mass white dwarfs with M~0.9 M_sun
    Nature, 463, 61–64 [ADS]

  49. S. E. Woosley, A. R. Kerstein, V. Sankaran, and F. K. Röpke (2009):
    Type Ia Supernovae: Calculations of Turbulent Flames Using the Linear Eddy Model,
    Astrophysical Journal 704, 255–273 [ADS]

  50. D. Kasen, F. K. Röpke, and S. E. Woosley (2009):
    The diversity of type Ia supernovae from broken symmetries,
    Nature 460, 869–872 [ADS]

  51. F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, W. Schmidt, J. C. Niemeyer, F. K. Röpke, and W. Hillebrandt (2009):
    Turbulence in a three-dimensional deflagration model for type Ia supernovae: I. Scaling properties,
    Astrophysical Journal 696, 1491–1497 [ADS]

  52. R. Pakmor, F. K. Röpke, A. Weiss, and W. Hillebrandt (2008):
    The impact of type Ia supernovae on main sequence binary companions,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 489, 943–951 [ADS]

  53. F. K. Röpke and R. Bruckschen (2008):
    Thermonuclear Supernovae: A multi-scale astrophysical problem challenging numerical simulations and visualization,
    New Journal of Physics 10, 125009 [ADS]

  54. M. Fink, W. Hillebrandt, and F. K. Röpke (2007):
    Double-detonation supernovae of sub-Chandrasekhar mass white dwarfs,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 476, 1133–1143 [ADS]

  55. F. K. Röpke (2007):
    Flame-driven deflagration-to-detonation transitions in Type Ia supernovae?,
    Astrophysical Journal 668, 1103–1108 [ADS]

  56. F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, W. Schmidt, J. C. Niemeyer, S. I. Blinnikov, and P. A. Mazzali (2007):
    A three-dimensional deflagration model for Type Ia supernovae confronted with observations,
    Astrophysical Journal 668, 1132–1139 [ADS]

  57. S. A. Sim, D. N. Sauer, F. K. Röpke, and W. Hillebrandt (2007):
    Light curves for off-centre ignition models of type Ia supernovae,
    MNRAS 378, 2–12

  58. W. Hillebrandt, S. A. Sim, and F. K. Röpke (2007):
    Off-center explosions of Chandrasekhar-mass white dwarfs: an explanation of super-bright type Ia supernovae?,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 465, L17–L20

  59. F. K. Röpke, S. E. Woosley, and W. Hillebrandt (2007):
    Off-center ignition in type Ia supernovae: I. Initial evolution and implications for delayed detonation,
    Astrophysical Journal 660, 1344–1356

  60. P. A. Mazzali, F. K. Röpke, S. Benetti, and W. Hillebrandt (2007):
    A Common Explosion Mechanism for Type Ia Supernovae,
    Science 315, 825–828

  61. F. K. Röpke and J. C. Niemeyer (2007):
    Delayed detonations in full-star models of Type Ia supernova explosions
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 464, 683–686

  62. S. I. Blinnikov, F. K. Röpke, S. I. Sorokina, M. Gieseler, M. Reinecke, C. Travaglio, W. Hillebrandt, and M. Stritzinger (2006):
    Theoretical light curves for deflagration models of type Ia supernova,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 453, 229–240

  63. F. K. Röpke, M. Gieseler, M. Reinecke, C. Travaglio and W. Hillebrandt (2006):
    Type Ia supernova diversity in three-dimensional models, Astronomy and Astrophysics 453, 203–217

  64. W. Schmidt, J.C. Niemeyer, W. Hillebrandt, and F. K. Röpke (2006):
    A localized subgrid scale model for fluid dynamical simulations in astrophysics II: Application to type Ia supernovae,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 450, 283–294

  65. F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, J.C. Niemeyer, and S.E. Woosley (2006):
    Multi-spot ignition in type Ia supernova models,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 448, 1–14

  66. C.  Kozma, C. Fransson, W. Hillebrandt, C. Travaglio, J. Sollerman, M. Reinecke,
    F. K. Röpke, and J. Spyromilio (2005):
    Three-dimensional modeling of Type Ia supernovae - The power of late time spectra,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 437, 983–995

  67. F. K. Röpke (2005):
    Following mult-dimensional Type Ia supernova models to homologous expansion,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 432, 969–983

  68. F. K. Röpke and W. Hillebrandt (2005):
    Full-star Type Ia supernova explosion models,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 431, 635–645

  69. F. K. Röpke and W. Hillebrandt (2005):
    The distributed burning regime in Type Ia supernova models,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 429, L29–L32

  70. F. K. Röpke and W. Hillebrandt (2004):
    The case against the progenitor's carbon-to-oxygen ratio as a source of peak luminosity variations in Type Ia supernovae,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 420, L1–L4

  71. F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, and J. C. Niemeyer (2004):
    The cellular burning regime in Type Ia supernova explosions. I. Flame propagation into quiescent fuel,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 421, 783–795

  72. F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, and J. C. Niemeyer (2004):
    The cellular burning regime in Type Ia supernova explosions. II. Flame propagation into vortical fuel,
    Astronomy and Astrophysics 420, 411–421

  73. F. K. Röpke, J. C. Niemeyer, and W. Hillebrandt (2003):
    On the small-scale stability of thermonuclear flames in Type Ia supernovae,
    Astrophysical Journal 588, 952–961

  74. W. Hillebrandt, J. C. Niemeyer, M. Reinecke, F. Röpke, and C. Travaglio (2003):
    Multidimensional Simulations of Type Ia Supernova Explosions and Nucleosynthesis,
    Nuclear Physics A 718, 229c–238c

  75. E. Murgu, F. Röpke, S. M. Djambova, and T. F. Gallagher (1999):
    Changing configurations with electric fields,
    Journal of Chemical Physics 110/19, 9500–9503


Review Articles      

  1. W. Hillebrandt, M. Kromer, F. K. Röpke, A. J. Ruiter (2013):
    Towards an understanding of Type Ia supernovae from a synthesis of theory and observations,
    Frontiers of Physics, Vol. 8 No. 2, 116–143 [ADS]

  2. F. K. Röpke and W. Schmidt (2009):
    Turbulent combustion in thermonuclear supernovae
    in “Interdisciplinary Aspects of Turbulence”, ed. by W. Hillebrandt and F. Kupka, Lecture Notes in Physics 756, 255–289, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

  3. F. K. Röpke (2006):
    Multi-dimensional numerical simulations of type Ia supernova explosions
    Reviews in Modern Astronomy 19, 127–156

  4. W. Hillebrandt, M. Reinecke, W. Schmidt, F. K. Röpke, C. Travaglio, and J. C. Niemeyer (2005):
    “Simulations of turbulent thermonuclear burning in Type Ia supernovae”,
    in “Analysis and Numerics for Conservation Laws”, ed. by G. Warnecke, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005, 363–384 (preprint: astro-ph/0405209)


Conference Proceedings      

  1. C. Travaglio, R. Gallino, W. Hillebrandt, F. K. Röpke (2013):
    p-prosess in SNIa
    Proceedings of Science, PoS(NIC XII)045

  2. F. K. Röpke, M. Fink, W. Hillebrandt, M. Kromer, R. Pakmor, A. J. Ruiter, I. R. Seitenzahl, S. A. Sim (2013):
    Type Ia supernovae: exposing models to observations,
    Proceedings of Science, PoS(NIC XII)046

  3. M. Fink, F. K. Röpke, S. A. Sim, M. Kromer, I. R. Seitenzahl, A. J. Ruiter, W. Hillebrandt (2013):
    Sub-Chandrasekhar models for Type Ia supernovae and astrophysical transients,
    Proceedings of Science, PoS(NIC XII)050

  4. F. K. Röpke, S. A. Sim, M. Fink, R. Pakmor, M. Kromer, I. R. Seitenzahl, A. J. Ruiter, W. Hillebrandt (2013):
    Thermonuclear Supernova Explosions from White Dwarfs in Different Progenitor Systems,
    in ``Binary Paths to Type Ia Supernovae Explosions'', Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 281, 261-266 [ADS]

  5. S. A. Sim, F. K. Röpke, M. Kromer, M. Fink, A. J. Ruiter, I. R. Seitenzahl, R. Pakmor, W. Hillebrandt (2013):
    Type Ia Supernovae from Sub-Chandrasekhar Mass White Dwarfs,
    in ``Binary Paths to Type Ia Supernovae Explosions'', Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 281, 267--274 [ADS]

  6. F. K. Röpke, M. Fink, R. Pakmor, M. Kromer, S. A. Sim, I. R. Seitenzahl, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, and W. Hillebrandt (2011):
    Type Ia Supernovae as Final Stage of Binary Evolution,
    Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, 447, 303 [ADS]

  7. M. Fink, F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, M. Kromer, S. A. Sim, and I. R. Seitenzahl (2011):
    Modeling Sub-Chandrasekhar Type Ia Supernovae,
    Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, 444, 15 [ADS]

  8. F. K. Röpke, I. R. Seitenzahl, S. Benitez, M. Fink, R. Pakmor, M. Kromer, S. A. Sim, F. Ciaraldi-Schoolmann, and W. Hillebrandt (2011):
    Modeling Type Ia supernova explosions,
    Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 66, 309–318 [ADS]

  9. F. K. Röpke, M. Fink, W. Hillebrandt, M. Kromer, R. Pakmor, I. R. Seitenzahl, and S. A. Sim (2011):
    Multi-dimensional models of Type Ia supernovae,
    Proceedings of Science

  10. I. R. Seitenzahl, F. K. Röpke, R. Pakmor, and M. Fink (2011):
    Nucleosynthetic post-processing of Type Ia supernovae with variable tracer masses,
    Proceedings of Science [ADS]

  11. F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, D. Kasen, and S. E. Woosley (2010):
    Modeling the Diversity of Type Ia Supernova Explosions
    to appear in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (Chamonix 2009)

  12. S. A. Sim, M. Kromer, F. K. Röpke, E. I. Sorokina, S. I. Blinnikov, D. Kasen, and W. Hillebrandt (2009):
    Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer Simulations: Applications to Astrophysical Outflows and Explosions
    to appear in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (Chamonix 2009)

  13. R. Pakmor, F. K. Röpke, A. Weiss, and W. Hillebrandt (2009):
    The Impact of type Ia Supernovae on main sequence companions
    AIP Conference Series 111, 285–288

  14. S. Sim, M. Kromer, W. Hillebrant, and F. K. Röpke (2009):
    Lopsided explosion models for Type Ia supernovae
    AIP Conference Series 111, 281–284

  15. D. Kasen, R. C. Thomas, F. K. Röpke, and S. E. Woosley (2008):
    Multidimensional radiative transfer calculations of the light curves and spectra of Type Ia supernovae
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series 125, 012007

  16. P. A. Mazzali, K. Nomoto, K. Maeda, J. Deng, S. Benetti, F. K. Röpke, and W. Hillebrandt (2008):
    The Progenitors of Type I SNe
    ASP Conference Series 391, 347–357

  17. F. K. Röpke (2008):
    Thermonuclear Supernovae
    Proceedings of Science, PoS(SUPERNOVA)024

  18. W. Hillebrandt and F. K. Röpke (2007):
    Type Ia Supernovae and Cosmology
    in “Relativistic Astrophysics Legacy and Cosmology – Einstein's Legacy” ESO Astrophysics Symposia, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, 21–28

  19. W. Hillebrandt and F. K. Röpke (2007):
    The Physics and Astrophysics of Type Ia Supernova Explosions
    ASP Conference Series 374, 53–60

  20. D. Kasen, S. Woosley, and F. K. Röpke (2007):
    The Light Curves and Spectra of Supernova Explosions: Multi-Dimensional Time-Dependent Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer Calculations
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series 78, 012037 [ADS]

  21. S. E. Woosley, A. Almgren, J. B. Bell, G. Glatzmaier, D. Kasen, A. R. Kerstein, H. Ma, P. Nugent, F. Röpke, V. Sankaran, and M. Zingale (2007):
    Type Ia Supernovae
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series 78, 012081 [ADS]

  22. F. K. Röpke (2007):
    Numerical simulations of multi-scale astrophysical problems: the example of Type Ia supernovae,
    in “Modeling and Simulation in Science” — Proceedings of the 6 International Workshop Data Analysis in Astronomy “Livio Scarsi”, World Scientific, Singapore

  23. F. K. Röpke (2006):
    On the road to consistent Type Ia supernova explosion models,
    to appear in the Proceedings of the XXVIth IAU General Assembly, Highlights of Astronomy 14, ed. by K. A. van der Hucht

  24. F. K. Röpke and S. E. Woosley (2006):
    Surface detonation in type Ia supernova explosions?,
    Journal of Physics: Conference Series 46, 413–417

  25. F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, and S. I.  Blinnikov (2005):
    On the mechanism of Type Ia supernovae,
    Proceedings of the EPS-13 Conference "Beyond Einstein – Physics for the 21st Century", ed. by A. M. Cruise and L. Ouwehand ESA-SP 637

  26. F. K. Röpke and W. Hillebrandt (2006):
    Three-dimensional Modeling of Type Ia Supernova Explosions
    in “International Symposium of Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies 2005: New Horizons of Nuclear Astrophysics and Cosmology”, ed. by S. Kubono, W. Aoki, T. Kajino, T. Motobayashi, and K. Nomoto,
    AIP Conference Proceedings 847, AIP Melville, New York, 2006, 190–195

  27. F. K. Röpke and W. Hillebrandt (2005):
    Turbulent Combustion in Type Ia Supernova Models,
    in “Proceedings of the Workshop on Interdisciplinary Aspects of Turbulence, Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany, April 18–22, 2005” ed. by F. Kupka and W. Hillebrandt,
    MPA/P15 168–171, preprint: astro-ph/0609457

  28. F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, and M. Gieseler (2005):
    Type Ia supernova diversity from 3-dimensional models,
    in “1604–2004: Supernovae as Cosmological Lighthouses”, ed. by M. Turatto,
    W. R. L. Shea, S. Benetti, and L. Zampieri,
    ASP Conference Series 342, ASP San Francisco 2005, 397–398,
    preprint: astro-ph/0609459

  29. F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, M. Gieseler, M. Reinecke, and C. Travaglio (2004):
    Numerical Simulations of Type Ia Supernova Explosions,
    in “Proceedings of the 12th Workshop on ‘Nuclear Astrophysics’, Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany, March 22–27, 2004”, ed. by E. Müller and H.-T. Janka,
    MPA/P14 90–95, preprint: astro-ph/0609456

  30. W. Hillebrandt, M. Reinecke, F. K. Röpke, M. Stehle, C. Travaglio, and J. C. Niemeyer (2004):
    Thermonuclear Supernovae,
    in “The Future of Astronuclear Physics: From Microscopic Puzzles to Macroscopic Nightmares”, ed. by A. Jorissen, S. Goriely, M. Rayet, L.Siess, and H. Boffin, EDP Sciences, Les Ulis, vol. 11 of EAS Publication Series, 141–162

  31. F. K. Röpke and W. Hillebrandt (2005):
    On the stability of thermonuclear burning fronts in Type Ia supernovae,
    in “Cosmic Explosions – On the 10th Anniversary of SN1993J (IAU Colloquium 192)”, ed. by J. M. Marcaide and K. W. Weiler, Springer-Verlag, 333–338, preprint: astro-ph/0404500

  32. F. K. Röpke, W. Hillebrandt, and J. C. Niemeyer (2002): Investigating the flame microstructure in Type Ia supernovae,
    in: “Proceedings of the 11th Workshop on ‘Nuclear Astrophysics’, Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany, February 11–16, 2002”, W. Hillebrandt and E. Müller,
    MPA/P13 (2002): 41–47, preprint: astro-ph/0204036

  33. M. Reinecke, W. Hillebrandt, J. C. Niemeyer, F. Röpke, W. Schmidt, D. Sauer, Recent progress in multidimensional SN Ia simulations,
    in “Proceedings of the 11th Workshop on ‘Nuclear Astrophysics’, Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany, February 11–16, 2002”, ed. by W. Hillebrandt and E. Müller,
    MPA/P13 (2002): 54–56


Habilitation Thesis      

  • Thermonuclear Supernovae,
    Technische Universität München (2008)



Doctoral Thesis      

  • On the stability of thermonuclear flames in Type Ia supernova explosions,
    Technische Universität München (2003)



Diploma Thesis      

  • Thermodynamics of rotating objects in gravitation theory,
    Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (2000)



Popular Articles      

  1. Hans-Thomas Janka, Sylvio Close and Friedrich Röpke (2011):
    Supernovae and kosmische Gammablitze – Teil 1: Neue Vielfalt der Erscheinungen,
    Sterne und Weltraum 3/2011, 30–41

  2. Hans-Thomas Janka, Sylvio Close and Friedrich Röpke (2011):
    Supernovae and kosmische Gammablitze – Teil 2: Die allerhellsten Phänomene,
    Sterne und Weltraum 4/2011, 44–52

  3. F. K. Röpke and W. Hillebrandt (2006):
    Simulating Type Ia Supernovae on DEISA,
    DEISA Newsletters Vol. 4, 2006

  4. W. Hillebrandt, J. Niemeyer, F. Röpke, and W. Schmidt (2006):
    Den Rätseln der Sternexplosionen auf der Spur,
    Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Akademie Aktuell 02 2006, 59–63

  5. W. Hillebrandt and F. K. Röpke (2005):
    Supernovae vom Typ Ia,
    Sterne und Weltraum 44/5, 22–28




Scientific Talks and Presentations


Invited Talks at Conferences      

  1. Annual Meeting “The Variable Sky: from Tiny Variations to Big Explosions” of the Astronomische Gesellschaft, Bamberg, Germany, September 22–26, 2014

  2. “Supernovae in the Local Universe”, Coffs Harbour, Australia, August 11–15, 2014

  3. “The Unquiet Universe”, Cefal\'u, Italy, June 3–13, 2014

  4. “The Structure and Signals of Neutron Stars, from Birth to Death”, Florence, Italy, March 24–28, 2014

  5. 32th Max-Born Symposium and HECOLS workshop “Three days of phase transitions in compact stars, heavy-ion collisions and supernovae”, Wroc\law, Poland, February 17–19, 2014

  6. “F.O.E. Fifty-One Erg,” Raleigh, NC, USA, May 13–17, 2013

  7. “Astrophysics and Nuclear Structure,” Hirschegg, Kleinwalsertal, Austria, January 26–February 1, 2013

  8. “Nuclei in the Cosmos XII”, Cairns, Australia, August 5–10, 2012

  9. 7. Kosmologietag, Bielefeld, Germany, May 4, 2012

  10. IAU symposium 281 “Binary paths to Type Ia supernova explosions”, Padova, Italy, July 4–8, 2011

  11. ECT* workshop “The origin of elements: A modern perspective”, Trento, Italy, May 16–20, 2011

  12. ESO workshop “Evolution of Compact Binaries”, Viña del Mar – Valparaíso, Chile, March 6–11, 2011

  13. “Frontiers in Computational Astrophysics”, ENS Lyon, Lyon, France, October 11–15, 2010

  14. Erice School on Nuclear Physics: “Particle and Nuclear Astrophysics”, Erice/Trapani, Sicily, Italy, September 16–24, 2010

  15. 11th Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, Heidelberg, Germany, July 19–23, 2010

  16. “Dense QCD Phases in Heavy Ion Collisions and Supernovae”, Prerow, Germany, October 11–13, 2009

  17. KITP conference “Stellar Deaths and Supernovae”, Santa Barbara, USA, August 17–21, 2009

  18. 4th International Conference on Numerical Modeling of Space Plasma Flows (ASTRONUM–2009), Chamonix, France, June 28–July 3, 2009

  19. 432. WE-Heraeus-Seminar “Nucleosynthesis – making the Elements in the Universe”, Bad Honnef, Germany, June 04–06, 2009

  20. XXIII Trobades Científiques de la Mediterránia “Supernovae: light in the darkness”, Maó, Menorca, Spain, October 3–5, 2007

  21. 6th International Workshop Data Analysis in Astronomy Livio Scarsi “Modelling and Simulation in Science”, Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy, April 15–22, 2007

  22. KITP Conference “Paths to Exploding Stars: Accretion and Eruption”, Santa Barbara, USA, March 19–23, 2007

  23. XXIII Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics, Melbourne, Australia,
    December 11–15, 2006

  24. XXVI General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union, Joint Discussion JD09 “Supernovae: One Millenium after SN1006”, Prague, Czech Republic, August 17–18, 2006

  25. International Workshop XXXIV on Gross Properties of Nuclei and Nuclear Excitations: “Astrophysics and Nuclear Structure”, Hirschegg, Kleinwalsertal, Austria, January 15–21, 2006

  26. Origin of Matter and Evolution of Galaxies (OMEG05): “New Horizon of Nuclear Astrophysics and Cosmology”, Tokyo, Japan, November 8–11, 2005

  27. Highlight Talk at the fall assembly of the Astronomical Society (Astronomische Gesellschaft), Köln, Germany, September 30, 2005

  28. Workshop on Type Ia Supernovae, Berkeley National Laboratory, USA, September 7–9, 2005

  29. 13th General Meeting of the European Physical Society – EPS-13 “Beyond Einstein – Physics for the 21st Century”, Bern, Switzerland, July 13, 2005

  30. JINA Workshop on Classical Novae and Type Ia Supernovae, Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California Santa Barbara, USA, May 20–21, 2005


Conference Contributions, Colloquia, Seminars, and Schools      

  1. Astrophysical Colloquium, University of Göttingen, Germany, February 12, 2015

  2. OKC colloquium, Oskar Klein Centre, Stockholm, Sweden, November 18, 2014

  3. Helmholtz International Summer School “Nuclear Theory and Astrophysical Applications ”, JINR Dubna, Russia, July 29, 2014

  4. Physics Colloquium, University of Heidelberg, Germany, July 18, 2014

  5. Nuclei in the Cosmos XIII School Debrecen, Hungary, July 3/4, 2014

  6. seminar TPI/Astrophysik University of Jena, Germany, January 29, 2014

  7. seminar talk at “Post-Planck Cosmology,” Cosmology Summer School at the École de Physique des Houches, Les Houches, France, July 17, 2013

  8. 10th Russbach School on Nuclear Astrophysics, March 10–16, 2013, Russbach, Austria

  9. Physics Colloquium, University of Erlangen, Germany, January 21, 2013

  10. ESO/MPA/MPE/Excellence Cluster Universe Conference “Supernovae Illuminating the Universe: from individuals to Populations” Garching, Germany, September 10–14, 2012

  11. StarPlan.dk Seminar, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 7, 2012

  12. 16th Workshop on “Nuclear Astrophysics”, Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany, March 26–31, 2012

  13. Joint Astronomy Colloquium, Garching, Germany, Mach 1, 2012

  14. HIC for FAIR Colloquium, Universität Gießen, Germany, February 2, 2012

  15. Joint JINA/Universe Cluster Astrophysical Nuclear Reaction Network School Abtei Frauenwörth, Chiemsee, Bavaria, Germany April 10–17,2011

  16. Helmholtz International Summer School “Nuclear Theory and Astrophysical Applications”, JINR Dubna, Russia, July 26, 2011

  17. 15th Workshop on “Nuclear Astrophysics”, Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany, March 22–27, 2010

  18. Annual Fall Meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft: Recent Advances in Cosmology (splinter meeting), Potsdam, Germany, September 22, 2009

  19. Fireworks 2008 Meeting: First Results from Wide-Field Surveys, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, December 18, 2008

  20. Science Week at the Excellence Cluster Universe Garching, December 3, 2008

  21. SciDAC Computational Astrophysics Meeting, SLAC/KIPAC Stanford, April 7, 2008

  22. SIAM Twelfth International Conference on Numerical Combustion, Monterey, CA, USA, April 1, 2008

  23. 14th Workshop on “Nuclear Astrophysics”, Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany, March 10–15, 2008

  24. Joint Institute for Nuclear Astrophysics (JINA) Seminar at the Michigan State University, USA, November 20, 2006

  25. Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics (SCIPP) Seminar, Santa Cruz, USA, November 7, 2006

  26. Theoretical Astrophysics Center (TAC) Seminar at the University of California Berkeley, USA, Oktober 16, 2006

  27. “Scientific Discovery through Advanced Computing” (SciDAC) Conference, Denver, June 25–29, 2006 (Poster)

  28. Astrophysical Colloquium at the University of Oxford, UK, Oktober 18, 2005

  29. Workshop on “Interdisciplinary Aspects of Turbulence”, Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany, April 20, 2005

  30. Astrophysical Seminar at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics at the University of California Santa Barbara, USA, January 27, 2005

  31. Astrophysical Seminar at the Universität Würzburg, Germany, December 16, 2004

  32. RTN workshop on Progenitor Modelling of Type Ia Supernovae, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK, Dezember 9–10, 2004

  33. Type Ia Supernovae and Cosmology Workshop at the Institute for Nuclear Theory at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA, August 6, 2004

  34. “1604–2004: Supernovae as Cosmological Lighthouses”, Padua, Italy, June 16–19, 2004 (Vortrag und Poster)

  35. “The Dark Universe in Munich”, Garching, Germany, May 6–7, 2004

  36. 12th Workshop on “Nuclear Astrophysics”, Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany, March 22–27, 2004

  37. IAU Colloquium 192 “Supernovae (10 years of SN 1993J)”, Valencia, Spain, April 22–26, 2003

  38. Talk at the DAAD Summer School, JINR, Dubna, Russia, July 21 – August 10, 2002

  39. 11th Workshop on “Nuclear Astrophysics”, Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany, February 11–16, 2002

  40. 11th GAMM Workshop on Numerical Methods in Fluid Mechanics, Kirchzarten, November 26–27, 2001

  41. 2nd ANumE Workshop on Level Set Methods, Lambrecht, Germany, March 22–23,2001



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