Tomasz Plewa     Selected publications
those available from ADS
those available from astro-ph archives

Books edited

Adaptive Mesh Refinement - Theory and Applications
T. Plewa, T. Linde, and V. G. Weirs, eds,
2005, Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, Vol. 41, Proceedings of the Chicago Workshop on Adaptive Mesh Refinement Methods, Chicago, Sept. 3-5, 2003
Springer meeting website

High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics 2008
T. Plewa, ed,
2009, ApSS, Vol. 322, Proceedings of the High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics 2008 conference, St. Louis, April 11-15, 2008
Springer

Refreed publications

Parameter fitting problem for contact binaries
Plewa, T.
1988, Acta Astron., 38, 415
ADS

A photometric study of W UMa-type binary BC Gru
Plewa, T. and Kaluzny, J.,
1992, Acta Astron., 42, 103
ADS

Fast radiative shocks in dense media. I. General properties of the main shock
Plewa, T. and Rózyczka, M.
1992, Acta Astron., 42, 295
ADS

Fast radiative shocks in dense media. II. Details of the dynamics
Plewa, T.
1993, Acta Astron., 43, 235
ADS

The W Ursae Majoris system ER Ori: A multiple star
Goecking, K.-D., Duerbeck, H. W., Plewa, T., Kaluzny, J., Schertl, D., Weigelt, G., Flin, P.
1994, A&A, 289, 827
ADS

Fast radiative shocks in dense media. III. Properties of the emission
Plewa, T.
1995, MNRAS, 275, 143
ADS

CPPA -- a new hydrodynamical code for cosmological large-scale structure simulations
Kudlicki, A., Plewa, T. and Rózyczka, M.
1996, Acta Astron., 46, 297
ADS

On the evolution of ejecta fragments in compact supernova remnants
Cid-Fernandes, R., Plewa, T., Rózyczka, M., Franco, J., Terlevich, R., Tenorio-Tagle, R. and Miller, W.
1996, MNRAS, 283, 419
ADS

The Consistent Multi-fluid Advection method
Plewa, T. and Müller, E.
1999, A&A, 342, 179
A&A, ADS

Modeling W44 as a supernova remnant in a density gradient with a partially formed dense shell and thermal conduction in the hot interior. I. The analytical model
Cox, D.P., Shelton, R.L., Maciejewski, W., Smith, R.K., Plewa, T., Pawl, A. and Rózyczka, M.
1999, ApJ, 524, 179
ADS

Modeling W44 as a supernova remnant in a density gradient with a partially formed dense shell and thermal conduction in the hot interior. II. The hydrodynamic models
Shelton, R.L., Cox, D.P., Maciejewski, W., Smith, R.K., Plewa, T., Pawl, A., Rózyczka, M.
1999, ApJ, 524, 192
ADS

Nucleosynthesis and clump formation in a core collapse supernova
Kifonidis, K., Plewa, T., Janka, H.-Th. and Müller, E.
2000, ApJ, 531, L123
ADS

High-resolution simulations and visualization of protoplanetary disks: structure of the flow in the vicinity of a massive planet
Ciecielag, P., Plewa, T. and Rózyczka, M.
2000, AN, 321, 171
ADS

Reconstructing cosmic peculiar velocities from the mildly non-linear density field
Kudlicki, A., Chodorowski, M., Plewa, T. and Rózyczka, M.
2000, MNRAS, 316, 464
ADS

Convective cores in galactic cooling flows
Kritsuk, A., Plewa, T. and Müller, E.
2001, MNRAS, 326, 11
MNRAS, ADS, astro-ph

AMRA: An Adaptive Mesh Refinement hydrodynamic code for astrophysics
Plewa, T. & Müller, E.
2001, Comput. Phys. Comm., 138, 101
CPC, astro-ph

On validating an astrophysical simulation code
Calder, A.C., Fryxell, B., Plewa, T., Rosner, R., Dursi, L.J., Weirs, V.G., Dupont, T., Robey, H.F., Kane, J.O., Remington, B.A., Drake, R.P., Dimonte, G., Zingale, M., Timmes, F.X., Olson, K., Ricker, P., MacNeice, P. & Tufo, H.M.
2002, ApJS, 143, 201
ApJS, ADS

Mapping initial hydrostatic models in Godunov codes
Zingale, M., Dursi, L.J., ZuHone, J., Calder, A.C., Fryxell, B., Plewa, T., Truran, J.W., Caceres, A., Olson, K., Ricker, P.M., Riley, K., Rosner, R., Siegel, A., Timmes, F.X. & Vladimirova, N.
2002, ApJS, 143, 539
ApJS, ADS

Non-spherical core collapse supernovae I. Neutrino-driven convection, Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities, and the formation and propagation of metal clumps
Kifonidis, K., Plewa, T., Janka, H.-Th. & Müller, E.
2003, A&A, 408, 621
A&A, astro-ph

Pulsar recoil by large-scale anisotropies in supernova explosions
Scheck, L., Plewa, T., Janka, H.-Th., Kifonidis, K. & Müller, E.
2004, Phys. Rev. Lett., 92, 011103
PRL, astro-ph

Type Ia supernova explosion: Gravitationally Confined Detonation
Plewa, T., Calder, A.C. & Lamb, D.Q.
2004, ApJ, 612, L37
ApJL, astro-ph

Validating astrophysical simulation codes
Calder, A., Dursi, J., Fryxell, B., Plewa, T., Weirs, G., Dupont, T., Robey, H., Kane, J., Remington, B., Timmes, F., Dimonte, G., Hayes, J., Zingale, M., Drake, P., Ricker, P. Stone, J. & Olson, K.
2004, Comput. Sci. Eng., 5, pp. 10-20
CiSE

Spectral signatures of gravitationally confined thermonuclear supernova explosions
Kasen, D. & Plewa, T.
2005, ApJ, 622, L41
ApJL, astro-ph

The Piecewise Parabolic Method for multidimensional relativistic fluid dynamics
Mignone, A., Plewa, T. & Bodo, G.
2005, ApJS, 160, 199
ApJS, astro-ph

Crushing of interstellar gas clouds in supernova remnants. I. The role of thermal conduction and radiative losses
Orlando, S., Peres, G., Reale, F., Bocchino, F., Rosner, R., Plewa, T. & Siegel, A.
2005, A&A, 444, 505
A&A, astro-ph

Hybrid characteristics: 3D radiative transfer for parallel adaptive mesh refinement hydrodynamics
Rijkhorst, E.-J., Plewa, T., Dubey, A. & Mellema, G.
2006, A&A, 452, 907
A&A, astro-ph

Non-spherical core-collapse supernovae II. Late-time evolution of globally anisotropic neutrino-driven explosions and implications for SN 1987A
Kifonidis, K., Plewa, T., Scheck, L., Janka, H.-Th. & Müller, E.
2006, A&A, 453, 661
A&A, astro-ph

A comparative study of disc-planet interaction
de Val-Borro, M., Edgar, R.G., Artymowicz, P., Ciecielag, P., Cresswell, P., D'Angelo, G., Delgado-Donate, E. J., Dirksen, G., Fromang, S., Gawryszczak, A., Klahr, H., Kley, W., Lyra, W., Masset, F., Mellema, G., Nelson, R. P., Paardekooper, S.-J., Peplinski, A., Pierens, A., Plewa, T., Rice, K., Schaefer, C., & Speith, R.
2006, MNRAS, 370, 529
MNRAS, astro-ph

Crushing of interstellar gas clouds in supernova remnants. II. X-ray emission
Orlando, S., Bocchino, F., Peres, G., Reale, F., Plewa, T., & Rosner, R.
2006, A&A, 457, 545
A&A, astro-ph

On the evolution of thermonuclear flames on large scales
Zhang, J., Messer, O. E. B., Khokhlov, A. M., & Plewa, T.
2007, ApJ, 656, 347
ApJ, astro-ph

Detonating Failed Deflagration model of thermonuclear supernovae I. Explosion dynamics
Plewa, T.
2007, ApJ, 657, 942
ApJ, astro-ph

A study of the vertical motion of supernova remnant bubbles in the interstellar medium drawn from the results of three-dimensional MHD simulations
Raley, E. A., Shelton, R. L., & Plewa, T.
2007, ApJ, 661, 222
ApJ

Detonating Failed Deflagration model of thermonuclear supernovae II. Comparison to observations
Kasen. D., & Plewa, T.
2007, ApJ, 662, 459
ApJ astro-ph

Terascale turbulence computation using the FLASH3 application framework on the IBM Blue Gene/L system
Fisher, R. T., Kadanoff, L. P., Lamb, D. Q., Dubey, A., Plewa, T., Calder, A., Cattaneo, F., Constantin, P., Foster, I., Papka, M. E., Abarzhi, S. I., Asida, S. M., Rich, P. M., Gledening, C. C., Anytpas, K., Sheeler, D. J., Reid, L. B., Gallagher, B., & Needham, S. G.,
2007, IBM J. Res. & Dev., 52, 127
IBM J. Res. & Dev.

Three-dimensional effects in shock-cylinder interactions
Weirs, V. G., Dupont, T., & Plewa, T.,
2008, Phys. Fluids, 20, 044102
Phys. Fluids

The physics of wind-fed accretion
Mauche, C. W., Liedahl, D. A., Akiyama, S., & Plewa, T.,
2008, in M. Axelsson, ed, Proceedings of the Conference: Cool Discs, Hot Flows: The Varying Faces of Accreting Compact Objects, (New York: AIP)
AIP astro-ph

Stellar explosions, instabilities, and turbulence
Drake, R. P., Kuranz, C. C., Miles, A. R., Muthsam, H. J., & Plewa, T.,
2009, Phys. Plasmas, 16, pp. 041004-1-5
Phys. Plasmas

Laser driven supersonic flow over a compressible foam surface on the Nike laser
Harding, E. C., Drake, R. P., Aglitskiy, Y., Plewa, T., Velikovich, A. L., Gillespie, R. S., Weaver, J. L., Visco, A., Grosskopf, M. J., & Ditmar, J. R.,
2010, Phys. Plasmas, 17, pp. 056310-1-9
Phys. Plasmas

Spike morphology in blast-wave-driven instability experiments
Kuranz, C. C., Drake, R. P., Grosskopf, M. J., Fryxell, B., Budde, A., Hansen, J. F., Miles, A. R., Plewa, T., Hearn, N., & Knauer, J.,
2010, Phys. Plasmas, 17, pp. 056310-1-9
Phys. Plasmas

Non-spherical core collapse supernovae - III. Evolution towards homology and dependence on the numerical resolution
Gawryszczak, A., Guzman, J., Plewa, T., & Kifonidis, K.,
2010, A&A, 521, A38 (16 pages)
A&A

Other contributions

Broad band and line emission from fast radiative shocks in dense media
Plewa, T.
1994, in G. Tenorio-Tagle, ed, Violent Star Formation from 30~Doradus to QSOs. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
source (0.1M)

Modern numerical hydrodynamics and the evolution of dense medium
Plewa, T. and Rózyczka, M.
1997, in J. Franco, R. Terlevich and A. Serrano, eds, Rev. Mex. Astr. Astrofis. Conference Series, 6, 232. Proceedings of the 1st Guillermo Haro Conference on Astrophysics: Starburst Activity in Galaxies, Puebla, Mexico.
source (0.2M), astro-ph), movies

The state of the gas around young stellar groups
Franco, J., Plewa T. and Garcia-Segura, G.
1997, in J. Franco, R. Terlevich and A. Serrano, eds, Rev. Mex. Astr. Astrofis. Conference Series, 6, 172. Proceedings of the 1st Guillermo Haro Conference on Astrophysics: Starburst Activity in Galaxies, Puebla, Mexico.
source (0.1M), astro-ph

Interactions of massive stars with their parental clouds
Franco, J., Garcia-Segura, G. and Plewa, T.,
1997, in V. Toth, ed, Communications of the Konkoly Observatory, 100. Proceedings of the Advanced School and Workshop The Interaction of Stars with their Environment
source (0.1M), astro-ph

Bending relativistic jets in AGNs
Plewa, T., Marti, J.Ma., Müller, E., Rózyczka, M. and Sikora, M.
1997, in M. Ostrowski, M. Sikora, G. Madejski, M. Begelman, eds, Proceedings of the International Conference Relativistic Jets in AGNs, Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland, p. 104
low resolution (0.5M), full resolution (4.0M), astro-ph, movies

Explosive nucleosynthesis: coupling reaction networks to AMR hydrodynamics
K. Kifonidis, Plewa, T. and Müller, E.
1998, in W. Hillebrandt and E. Müller, eds, Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics, held at Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany, March 23-27, 1998, p. 25
complete Proceedings (5.5M), source (74k), astro-ph

The first five minutes of a core collapse supernova: multidimensional hydrodynamic models
Kifonidis, K., Plewa, T., Janka, H.-Th. and Müller, E.
1999, in R. Diehl and D. Hartmann, eds, Proceedings of the Workshop on Astronomy with Radioactivities held at Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany, Sep. 29th - Oct. 2nd, 1999, p. 141
astro-ph

The first hours of a core collapse supernova
Kifonidis, K., Plewa, T., Janka, H.-Th. and Müller, E.
2000, in W. Hillebrandt and E. Müller, eds, Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics held at Ringberg Castle, Tegernsee, Germany, March 20-25, 2000, p. 60
astro-ph

Peculiar velocities from the nonlinear density field
Kudlicki, A., Chodorowski, M., Plewa, T. and Rózyczka, M.
2000, in S. Courteau, M.A. Strauss and J.A. Willick, eds, ASP Conf. Series, Vol. 201, Proceedings of the Workshop Cosmic Flows 1999: Towards an Understanding of Large-Scale Structure, p. 310

High-resolution simulations and visualization of protoplanetary disks
Ciecielag, P., Plewa, T. and Rózyczka, M.
2000, in B. Reipurth and H. Zinnecker, eds, Poster Proceedings of IAU Symposium 200 on The Formation of Binary Stars, held in Potsdam, Germany, April 10-15, 2000, pp. 199-201
poster

High-resolution simulations and visualization of protoplanetary disks
Ciecielag, P., Plewa, T. and Rózyczka, M.
2000, in F. Garzon, C. Eiroa, D. de Winter and T.J. Mahoney, eds, ASP Conf. Series, Vol. 219, Proceedings of the Conference Disks, Planetesimals and Planets, held in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, Spain, January 24th - 28th, 2000, pp. 45-50
astro-ph; hi-resolution figures

Numerical hydrodynamics: SPH vs. AMR
Plewa, T.
2001, in H. Zinnecker and R.D. Mathieu, eds, Proceedings of the IAU Symposium 200 The Formation of Binary Stars, held in Potsdam, Germany, April 10-15, 2000, pp. 563-566
astro-ph

Non-spherical core collapse supernovae and nucleosynthesis
Kifonidis, K., Müller, E. and Plewa, T.
2001, in K. Langanke and J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, eds, Nucl. Phys. A., 688, Proceedings of the Conference Nuclei in the Cosmos 2000, held in Aarhus, Denmark, June 27-July 1, 2000, pp. 168-171
abstract, astro-ph

Exploding and non-exploding stars: coupling nuclear reaction networks to multidimensional hydrodynamics
Kifonidis, K., Plewa, T. and Müller, E.
2001, in M. Arnould, M. Lewitowicz, Yu. Ts. Oganessian, H. Akimune, M. Ohta, H. Utsunomiya, T. Wada and T. Yamagata, eds, Tours Symposium on Nuclear Physics IV. AIP Conference held in Tours, France, September 4-7, 2000. AIP Conference Proceedings Volume 561. Published by the American Institute of Physics, Melville, New York, 2001, pp. 21-24
AIP, astro-ph

Mass transfer in the vicinity of a protoplanet's orbit
Ciecielag, P., Plewa, T. and Rózyczka, M.
2001, R.E. Schielicke, ed, Astronomische Gesellschaft Abstract Series, Vol. 18. Abstracts of Contributed Talks and Posters presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft at the Joint European and National Meeting JENAM 2001 of the European Astronomical Society and the Astronomische Gesellschaft at Munich, September 10-15, 2001, abstract #P41

Sgr A* and Sgr A East: intimate life in the Galactic center
Plewa, T. and Rózyczka, M.
2002, in M. Rosado, L. Binette and L. Arias, eds, ASP Conf. Series, Vol. 282, Proceedings of the Conference Galaxies: the Third Dimension, Cozumel, Mexico, December 3-7, 2001, pp. 82-89
astro-ph

The FLASH code: from design to applications
Plewa, T.
2003, in S. Turcotte, S.C. Keller and R.M. Cavallo, eds, ASP Conf. Series, Vol 293, Proceedings of the Conference 3D Stellar Evolution Workshop, Livermore, CA, July 22-26, 2002, pp. 22-24

Core collapse and then? The route to massive star explosions
Janka, H.-Th., Buras, R., Kifonidis, K., Plewa, T. and Rampp M.
2003, W. Hillebrandt and B. Leibundgut, eds, Proceedings of the ESO/MPA/MPE Workshop From Twilight to Highlight: The Physics of Supernovae, Garching, Germany, July 29-31, 2002, Springer Series ``ESO Astrophysics Symposia'', Springer, Berlin, pp. 39-52

Explosion mechanisms of massive stars: a critical review of possibilities and perspectives
Janka, H.-Th., Buras, R., Kifonidis, K., Rampp, M. & Plewa, T.
2004, C.L. Fryer, ed, Proceedings of the 200th AAS Meeting Stellar Collapse, Albuquerque, NM, June 2002, Kluwer, Dordrecht, p. 39
astro-ph

Type Ia supernovae: an asymmetric deflagration model
Calder, A.C., Plewa, T., Vladimirova, N., Lamb, D.Q. & Truran, J.W.
2004, ApJ Letters, submitted
astro-ph

Global anisotropies in supernova explosions and pulsar recoil
Scheck, L., Plewa, T., Kifonidis, K., Janka, H.-Th. & Müller, E.
2004, to appear in Proceedings of 12th Workshop on Nuclear Astrophysics, Ringberg Castle, March 22-27, 2004
astro-ph

Validating the FLASH code: vortex-dominated flows
Weirs, G., Dwarkadas, V., Plewa, T., Tomkins, C. & Marr-Lyon, M.
2004, ApSS, 298, presented at the 5th International Conference on High Energy Laboratory Astrophysics, Tucson, AZ, March 10-13, 2004, pp. 341-346
astro-ph

Simulation of vortex-dominated flows using the FLASH code
Dwarkadas, V., Plewa, T., Weirs, G., Tomkins, C. & Marr-Lyon, M.
2005, T. Plewa, T. Linde and V.G. Weirs, eds, Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, Vol. 41, Proceedings of the Conference on Adaptive Mesh Refinement - Theory and Applications, Chicago, IL, September 3-5, 2003, Springer, Berlin, pp. 527-537
astro-ph

Supernova asymmetries and pulsar kicks -- views on controversial issues
Janka, H.-Th., Scheck, L., Kifonidis, K., Müller, E. & Plewa, T.,
2005, in R.M. Humphreys and K.Z. Stanek, eds, ASP Conf. Series, Vol. 332, Proceedings of the Eta Carinae Science Symposium The Fate of the Most Massive Stars, Jackson Hole, May 23-28 2004, pp. 363-373
astro-ph

Type Ia supernovae: simulations and nucleosynthesis
Brown, E.F., Calder, A.C., Plewa, T., Ricker, P.M., Robinson, K. & Gallagher, J.B.
2005, Nucl. Phys. A, 758, Proceedings of the the 8th International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, pp. 451-454
astro-ph

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