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Curriculum Vitae
Tomasz A Plewa
March 06, 2017
General Information
University address:
Scientific Computing
College of Arts and Sciences
Dirac Library 0415
Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida 32306-4120
E-mail address:
[email protected]
Web site:
people.sc.fsu.edu/~tplewa
Professional Preparation
1994
Doctor of Philosophy, Warsaw University, Poland. Major: Physics /
Astronomy. theoretical astrophysics. Supervisor: Prof. Michal Rozyczka.
Tomasz Plewa. (1994). Evolution of Fast Shocks in Dense Media.
Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Warsaw University, Poland.
1991
Master of Science, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland. Major:
astronomy. Supervisor: Prof. Janusz Kaluzny.
Tomasz Plewa. (1991). Analysis of Photometry of an Old Open Cluster NGC
188. Unpublished master's thesis, Nicolaus Copernicus University,
Torun, Poland.
Professional Experience
2013–present
Professor, Scientific Computing, Florida State University.
2011–present
Visiting Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
2007–2013
Associate Professor, Scientific Computing, Florida State University.
2003–2007
Senior Research Associate, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics,
ASCI FLASH Center, University of Chicago.
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2001–2007
Guest Faculty, MCS Division, Argonne National Laboratory.
2000–2005
Assistant Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish
Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
2001–2003
Research Scientist, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, ASCI
FLASH Center, University of Chicago.
1996–2000
Research Associate, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish
Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
1994–1996
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik,
Germany.
1991–1994
Research Graduate Assistant, Warsaw University Observatory, Warsaw
University, Poland. PhD student.
Language Proficiency
English - fluent in speaking, reading, and writing.
Polish - native in speaking, reading, and writing.
Russian - advanced in speaking, reading, and writing.
Honors, Awards, and Prizes
3rd Degree Young Scientists Award, Polish Astronomical Society (1989). ($100).
Teaching
Courses Taught
Computational Space Physics (ISC5415)
Dissertation (ISC6981)
Advanced Graduate Student Seminar in Computational Science (ISC5939)
Applied Computational Science II (ISC5316)
DIS in Computational Science (ISC5907)
Introduction to Scientific Computing (ISC3313)
Introductory Seminar on Research in Computational Science (ISC5934)
Junior Seminar in Scientific Computing (ISC4931)
Verification and Validation in Computational Science (ISC5314)
Selected Topics in Computational Science (ISC4933)
Algorithms for Science Applications I (ISC4220-C)
Astrophysics Seminar (AST5219)
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Selected Topics in Computational Science (ISC5935)
General Physics Lab (PHY2048-L)
General Physics B (PHY2049-C)
New Course Development
Introduction to Scientific Computing (2012)
Computational Space Physics (2011)
Algorithms for Science Applications I (2010)
Junior Seminar in Scientific Computing (2010)
Advanced Graduate Student Seminar in Computational Science (2010)
Astrophysics Seminar (2009)
Computational Astrophysics (2008)
Verification and Validation in Computational Science (2008)
Curriculum Development
Minor in Computational Science, Department of Scientific Computing, Florida State University
(2012)
Major in Computational Science, Department of Scientific Computing, Florida State University
(2009)
Major in Physics and Astrophysics, Department of Physics, Florida State University (2007)
Management of Multiple Course Sections
General Physics A Studio (PHY2048C)
General Physics B with Lab (PHY2049C)
Doctoral Committee Chair
Fenn, D. S., graduate. (2016). Simulations of Turbulent Combustion in White Dwarf Mergers.
Handy, T. A., graduate. (2014). Toward Connecting Core-Collapse Supernova Theory with
Observations.
Antigoni Georgiadou, doctoral candidate. Characterization of Large Scale Phenomena in
Multidimensional Stellar Evolution Models.
Boehner, P., doctoral candidate.
Learn, R., doctoral candidate.
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Doctoral Committee Member
Dai, H., doctoral candidate.
Gepner, B. D., doctoral candidate. [defended]
Henke, S. F., doctoral candidate.
Dubey, S., doctoral candidate.
Lu, D., doctoral candidate.
Rijkhorst, Erik-Jan, doctoral candidate. Numerical nebulae, Leiden University, The Netherlands.
Doctoral Committee University Representative
Bochenek, J. P., doctoral candidate.
Kalisa Villafana, doctoral candidate.
Park, S., doctoral candidate.
Roy, P., doctoral candidate. Measurement of Polarization Observables in Double-Pion
Photoproduction from the FROST Experiment at Jefferson Lab.
Tsaris, A., doctoral candidate.
Belarge, J., doctoral candidate.
Miller, S. L., doctoral candidate.
VonMoss, J. M., doctoral candidate.
Bosworth, M., doctoral candidate.
Saini, M., doctoral candidate.
Bookwalter, C. S., doctoral candidate.
Master's Committee Chair
Learn, R., graduate. (2015).
Boehner, P., graduate. (2014).
Fenn, D., graduate. (2014).
Modica, F., graduate. (2012).
Green, B. W., graduate. (2011).
Handy, T. A., graduate. (2011).
Guzman, J. J., graduate. (2009).
Master's Committee Member
Young, A., graduate. (2012).
Dai, H., graduate. (2011).
Deskins, W. R., graduate. (2011).
Johnson, I. D., graduate. (2011).
Xia, S., graduate. (2011).
Miller, G. L., graduate. (2011).
Lay, N. S., graduate. (2009).
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Bachelor's Committee Member
Brooker, E., graduate. (2015).
Kyle Romines, student.
Pradiip Alvarez, student. Feasibility of Using the James Webb Space Telescope for Infrared
Observation of Type Ia Supernovae at Late-time (Honors in the Major Degree,
Department of Physics, Florida State University).
Sandon L. Simmons, student. Pypeline: A Universal Modular Data Pipeline Tool for Astronomy
(Honors in the Major, Department of Physics, Florida State University).
Supervision of Student Research Not Related to Thesis or Dissertation
Garrett Shost (Sep 2016–May 2017).
Shae Machlus (Sep 2016–May 2017).
Jalen Jiang (Jun–Jul 2016).
Kevin Zhai (Jun–Jul 2016).
Damante, M. (Sep 2015–May 2016).
Lewis, K. (Sep 2015–May 2016).
Martinez, J. (Sep 2015–May 2016).
Ross Newcome (Aug 2015–Feb 2016).
Mahesh, S. (Jun–Jul 2015).
Sagar, A. (Jun–Jul 2015).
Seal, G. (Sep 2014–May 2015).
Lin, P. (Jun–Jul 2014).
Larese, A. (Sep 2013–May 2014).
Brenner, S. (Jun–Jul 2013).
Smith, B. (Sep–Dec 2012).
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Cohen, M. (Jun–Jul 2012).
Farnsworth, Z. (Jun–Jul 2012).
Kirsche, Z. (Jun–Jul 2012).
Dey, T. (Jun–Jul 2011).
Wu, J. (Jun–Jul 2011).
Additional Teaching Not Reported Elsewhere
Plewa, T. A. (1998). Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics. Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center,
Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
Research and Original Creative Work
Publications
Refereed Journal Articles
Kuranz, C. C., Drake, R. P., Park, H.-S., Huntington, C. M., Miles, A. R., Remington, B. A.,
Plewa, T., Trantham, M. A., Shvarts, D., Raman, K., MacLaren, S., Wan, W. C., Doss, F.
W., Kline, J., Flippo, K. A., Malamud, G., Handy, T. A., Prisbey, S., Krauland, C. M.,
Klein, S. R., Harding, E. C., Wallace, R., Grosskopf, M., Marion, D. C., Kalantar, D., &
Giraldez, E. (submitted). How high energy fluxes may affect Rayleigh-Taylor instability
growth in young supernova remnants. Nature. Manuscript submitted for publication, 1-11
pages.
Fenn, D., & Plewa, T. (in press). Detonability of white dwarf plasma: turbulence models at low
densities. Monthly Notices of the Royal Academy of Sciences, 1-13 pages.
Fenn, D., Plewa, T., & Langer, N. (2017). Imprints of the ejecta-companion interaction in Type
Ia supernovae: main-sequence, subgiant, and red giant companions. Monthly Notices of
the Royal Academy of Sciences, 465, 2060-2075. Retrieved from
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw2737 doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2737
Fenn, D., Plewa, T., & Gawryszczak, A. (2016). No double detonations but core carbon ignitions
in high-resolution, grid-based simulations of binary white dwarf mergers. Monthly
Notices of the Royal Academy of Sciences, 462, 2486-2505. Retrieved from
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw1831 doi:10.1093/mnras/stw1831
Flaig, M., & Plewa, T. (2015). Self-generated magnetic fields in blast-wave driven
Rayleigh-Taylor experiments. High Energy Density Physics, 17, 46-51. Retrieved from
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1574181815000075
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2015.01
Manuel, M. J.-E., Flaig, M., Plewa, T., Li, C. K., Séguin, F. H., Frenje, J. A., Casey, D. T.,
Petrasso, R. D., Hu, S. X., Betti, R., Hager, J., Meyerhofer, D. D., & Smalyuk, V. (2015).
Collisional effects on Rayleigh-Taylor-induced magnetic fields. Physics of Plasmas, 22,
056305-1-6. Retrieved from
http://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/pop/22/5/10.1063/1.4919392
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4919392
Flaig, M., Plewa, T., Keiter, P. A., Drake, R. P., Grosskopf, M., Kuranz, C., & Park, Hye-Sook.
(2014). Design of a supernova-relevant Rayleigh-Taylor experiment on the National
Ignition Facility. I. Planar target design and diagnostics. High Energy Density Physics,
12, 35-45. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2014.06.003
doi:10.1016/j.hedp.2014.06.003
Handy, T., Plewa, T., Drake, R. P., & Zhiglo, A. (2014). Prospects of turbulence studies in
high-energy density laser-generated plasma: Numerical investigations in two dimensions.
High Energy Density Physics, 11, 1-11. Retrieved from
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2013.12.002 doi:10.1016/j.hedp.2013.12.002
Handy, T., Plewa, T., & Odrzywołek, A. (2014). Toward Connecting Core-collapse Supernova
Theory with Observations. I. Shock Revival in a 15 M ⊙ Blue Supergiant Progenitor
with SN 1987A Energetics. The Astrophysical Journal, 783, art id. 125, 22 pp. Retrieved
from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/783/2/125 doi:10.1088/0004-637X/783/2/125
Modica, F., Plewa, T., & Zhiglo, A. (2013). The Braginskii model of the Rayleigh-Taylor
instability. I. Effects of self-generated magnetic fields and thermal conduction in two
dimensions. High Energy Density Physics, 9, 767-780. Retrieved from
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2013.09.004 doi:10.1016/j.hedp.2013.09.004
Grosskopf, M. J., Drake, R. P., Miles, A. R., Plewa, T., & Kuranz, C. C. (2013). Modeling of
aspheric, diverging hydrodynamic instability experiments on the National Ignition
Facility. High Energy Density Physics, 9, 439-447. Retrieved from
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2013.04.003 doi:10.1016/j.hedp.2013.04.003
Krauland, C. M., Drake, R. P., Kuranz, C. C., Loupias, B., Plewa, T., Huntington, C. M.,
Kaczala, D. N., Klein, S., Sweeney, R., Young, R. P., Falize, E., Villette, B., & Keiter, P.
A. (2013). Reverse Radiative Shock Laser Experiments Relevant to Accreting
Stream-Disk Impact in Interacting Binaries. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 762, L2,
4 pp. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2041-8205/762/1/L2
doi:10.1088/2041-8205/762/1/L2
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Plewa, T. (2012). Feasibility study of the standing accretion shock instability experiment at the
National Ignition Facility. High Energy Density Physics, 8, 331-340. Retrieved from
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hedp.2012.09.002
Odrzywolek, A., & Plewa, T. (2011). Probing thermonuclear supernova explosions with
neutrinos. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 529, A156. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201015133
Gawryszczak, A., Guzman, J., Plewa, T., & Kifonidis, K. (2010). Non-spherical core collapse
supernovae. III. Evolution towards homology and dependence on the numerical
resolution. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 521, A38. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200913431
Budde, A., Drake, R. P., Kuranz, C. C., Grosskopf, M. J., Plewa, T., & Hearn, N. C. (2010).
Simulation of fabrication variations in supernova hydrodynamics experiments. High
Energy Density Physics, 6, 135-142. doi:10.1016/j.hedp.2010.01.011
Fryxell, B., Kuranz, C. C., Drake, R. P., Grosskopf, M. J., Budde, A., Plewa, T., Hearn, N.,
Hansen, J. F., Miles, A. R., & Knauer, J. (2010). The possible effects of magnetic fields
on laser experiments of Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities. High Energy Density Physics, 6,
162-165. doi:10.1016/j.hedp.2010.01.008
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). Laser driven
supersonic flow over a compressible foam surface on the Nike laser. Physics of Plasmas,
17(5), 056310. doi:10.1063/1.3314335
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). Spike morphology in blast-wave-driven
instability experiments. Physics of Plasmas, 17(5), 052709-1-15. doi:10.1063/1.3389135
Guzman, J., & Plewa, T. (2009). Non-spherical core-collapse supernovae: evolution towards
homologous expansion. Nonlinearity, 22, 2775-2797. doi:10.1088/0951-7715/22/11/010
Kuranz, C. C., Drake, R. P., Grosskopf, M. J., Budde, A., Krauland, C., Marion, D. C., Visco, A.
J., Ditmar, J. R., Robey, H. F., Remington, B. A., Miles, A. R., Cooper, A. B. ~., Sorce,
C., Plewa, T., Hearn, N. ~., Killebrew, K. ~., Knauer, J. ~., Arnett, D., & Donajkowski,
T. (2009). Three-dimensional blast-wave-driven Rayleigh-Taylor instability and the
effects of long-wavelength modes. Physics of Plasmas, 16(5), 056310-1-10.
doi:10.1063/1.3099320
Kuranz, C. C., Drake, R. P., Harding, E. C., Grosskopf, M. J., Robey, H. F., Remington, B. A.,
Edwards, M. J., Miles, A. R., Perry, T. S., Blue, B. E., Plewa, T., Hearn, N. ~., Knauer, J.
~., Arnett, D., & Leibrandt, D. ~. (2009). Two-Dimensional Blast-Wave-Driven
Rayleigh-Taylor Instability: Experiment and Simulation. Astrophysics Journal, 696,
749-759. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/696/1/749
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Weirs, V. G., Dupont, T., & Plewa, T. (2008). Three-dimensional effects in shock-cylinder
interactions. Physics of Fluids, 20(4), 044102-1-16. doi:10.1063/1.2884787
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. (2008). Terascale turbulence computation using the FLASH3 application framework
on the IBM Blue Gene/L system. IBM Journal of Research and Development, 52,
127-136.
Kasen, D., & Plewa, T. (2007). Detonating Failed Deflagration Model of Thermonuclear
Supernovae. II. Comparison to Observations. Astrophysics Journal, 662, 459-471.
doi:10.1086/516834
Raley, E. A., Shelton, R. L., & Plewa, T. (2007). A Study of the Vertical Motion of Supernova
Remnant Bubbles in the Interstellar Medium Drawn from the Results of
Three-Dimensional MHD Simulations. Astrophysics Journal, 661, 222-235.
doi:10.1086/513136
Plewa, T. (2007). Detonating Failed Deflagration Model of Thermonuclear Supernovae. I.
Explosion Dynamics. Astrophysics Journal, 657, 942-960. doi:10.1086/511412
Zhang, J., Messer, O. E. B., Khokhlov, A. M., & Plewa, T. (2007). On the Evolution of
Thermonuclear Flames on Large Scales. Astrophysics Journal, 656, 347-365.
doi:10.1086/510145
Orlando, S., Bocchino, F., Peres, G., Reale, F., Plewa, T., & Rosner, R. (2006). Crushing of
interstellar gas clouds in supernova remnants. II. X-ray emission. Astronomy &
Astrophysics, 457, 545-552. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065652
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., Schäfer, C., & Speith, R. (2006). A comparative study of
disc-planet interaction. Monthly Notices of the Royal Academy of Sciences, 370, 529-558.
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2006.10488.x
Kifonidis, K., Plewa, T., Scheck, L., Janka, H.-T., & Müller, E. (2006). Non-spherical core
collapse supernovae. II. The late-time evolution of globally anisotropic neutrino-driven
explosions and their implications for SN 1987 A. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 453,
661-678. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20054512
Rijkhorst, E.-J., Plewa, T., Dubey, A., & Mellema, G. (2006). Hybrid characteristics: 3D
radiative transfer for parallel adaptive mesh refinement hydrodynamics. Astronomy &
Astrophysics, 452, 907-920. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20053401
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Orlando, S., Peres, G., Reale, F., Bocchino, F., Rosner, R., Plewa, T., & Siegel, A. (2005).
Crushing of interstellar gas clouds in supernova remnants. I. The role of thermal
conduction and radiative losses. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 444, 505-519.
doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20052896
Mignone, A., Plewa, T., & Bodo, G. (2005). The Piecewise Parabolic Method for
Multidimensional Relativistic Fluid Dynamics. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series,
160, 199-219. doi:10.1086/430905
Kasen, D., & Plewa, T. (2005). Spectral Signatures of Gravitationally Confined Thermonuclear
Supernova Explosions. Astrophysics Journal, 622, L41-L44. doi:10.1086/429375
Plewa, T., Calder, A. C., & Lamb, D. Q. (2004). Type Ia Supernova Explosion: Gravitationally
Confined Detonation. Astrophysics Journal, 612, L37-L40. doi:10.1086/424036
Scheck, L., Plewa, T., Janka, H.-T., Kifonidis, K., & Müller, E. (2004). Pulsar Recoil by
Large-Scale Anisotropies in Supernova Explosions. Physical Review Letters, 92(1),
011103-1-4. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.011103
Kifonidis, K., Plewa, T., Janka, H.-T., & Müller, E. (2003). Non-spherical core collapse
supernovae. I. Neutrino-driven convection, Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities, and the
formation and propagation of metal clumps. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 408, 621-649.
doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20030863
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). Mapping Initial Hydrostatic Models in Godunov Codes.
Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 143, 539-565. doi:10.1086/342754
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). On Validating an
Astrophysical Simulation Code. Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 143, 201-229.
doi:10.1086/342267
Kritsuk, A., Plewa, T., & Müller, E. (2001). Convective cores in galactic cooling flows. Monthly
Notices of the Royal Academy of Sciences, 326, 11-22.
doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04610.x
Plewa, T., & Müller, E. (2001). AMRA: An Adaptive Mesh Refinement hydrodynamic code for
astrophysics. Computer Physics Communications, 138, 101-127.
doi:10.1016/S0010-4655(01)00199-0
Ciecielag, P., Plewa, T., & Różyczka, M. (2000). High-resolution simulations and visualization
of protoplanetary disks: structure of the flow in the vicinity of a massive planet.
Astronomische Nachrichten, 321, 171-174. Retrieved from
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/1521-3994(200008)321:3%3C171::AID-ASN
A171%3E3.0.CO;2-A/abstract doi:10.1002/1521-3994(200008)321:3[171::AIDKudlicki, A., Chodorowski, M., Plewa, T., & Różyczka, M. (2000). Reconstructing cosmic
peculiar velocities from the mildly non-linear density field. Monthly Notices of the Royal
Academy of Sciences, 316, 464-472. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03463.x
Kifonidis, K., Plewa, T., Janka, H.-T., & Müller, E. (2000). Nucleosynthesis and Clump
Formation in a Core-Collapse Supernova. Astrophysics Journal, 531, L123-L126.
doi:10.1086/312541
Cox, D. P., Shelton, R. L., Maciejewski, W., Smith, R. K., Plewa, T., Pawl, A., & Różyczka, M.
(1999). 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. Astrophysics Journal, 524, 179-191. doi:10.1086/307781
Shelton, R. L., Cox, D. P., Maciejewski, W., Smith, R. K., Plewa, T., Pawl, A., & Różyczka, M.
(1999). 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. Astrophysics Journal, 524, 192-212. doi:10.1086/307799
Plewa, T., & Müller, E. (1999). The consistent multi-fluid advection method. Astronomy &
Astrophysics, 342, 179-191.
Cid-Fernandes, R., Plewa, T., Rózyczka, M., Franco, J., Terlevich, R., Tenorio-Tagle, G., &
Miller, W. (1996). On the evolution of ejecta fragments in compact supernova remnants.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Academy of Sciences, 283, 419-430.
Kudlicki, A., Plewa, T., & Rozyczka, M. (1996). CPPA -- a New Hydrodynamical Code for
Cosmological Large-Scale Structure Simulations. Acta Astronomica, 46, 297-309.
Plewa, T. (1995). Fast radiative shocks in dense media - III. Properties of the emission. Monthly
Notices of the Royal Academy of Sciences, 275, 143-152.
Goecking, K.-D., Duerbeck, H. W., Plewa, T., Kaluzny, J., Schertl, D., Weigelt, G., & Flin, P.
(1994). The W Ursae Majoris system ER Ori: A multiple star. Astronomy & Astrophysics,
289, 827-836.
Plewa, T. (1993). Fast radiative shocks in dense media. 2: Details of the dynamics. Acta
Astronomica, 43, 235-248.
Plewa, T., & Wlodarczyk, K. J. (1993). A photometric study of early-type contact binary CT
Tauri. Acta Astronomica, 43, 249-257.
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Plewa, T., & Rozyczka, M. (1992). Fast radiative shocks in dense media. I - General properties
of the main shock. Acta Astronomica, 42, 295-309.
Plewa, T., & Kaluzny, J. (1992). A photometric study of W UMa-type binary BC Gru. Acta
Astronomica, 42, 103-116.
Plewa, T., Haber, G., Wlodarczyk, K. J., & Krzesinski, J. (1991). EF DRA (1E1806.1 + 69.44) A totally eclipsing W UMa-type system. Acta Astronomica, 41, 291-295.
Plewa, T. (1988). Parameter fitting problem for contact binaries. Acta Astronomica, 38, 415-430.
Edited Books
Mancini, R. C., Plewa, T., & Dopita, M. (Eds.). (2011). New Developments in High Energy
Density Laboratory Astrophysics [original research articles]. Astrophysics and Space
Science, 336. Retrieved from http://www.springerlink.com/content/0004-640x/336/1/
Plewa, T. (Ed.). (2009). High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics 2008 [original research
articles]. Astrophysics and Space Science, 322. Retrieved from
http://www.springerlink.com/content/0004-640x/322/1-4/
Plewa, T., Linde, T., & V. G. Weirs. (Eds.). (2005). Adaptive Mesh Refinement - Theory and
Applications [original research articles]. Lecture Notes in Computational Science and
Engineering. Retrieved from
http://www.springer.com/mathematics/computational+science+%26+engineering/book/9
78-3-540-21147-1
Invited Book Chapters
Janka, H.-Th., Buras, R., Kifonidis, K., Rampp, M., & Plewa, T. (2004). Explosion Mechanism
of Massive Stars. In Chris L. Fryer (Ed.), Stellar Collapse (pp. 65-97). Dordrecht:
Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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Refereed Proceedings
Kuranz, C. C., Park, H.-S., Remington, B. A., Drake, R. P., Miles, A. R., Robey, H. F., Kilkenny,
J. D., Keane, C. J., Kalantar, D. H., Huntington, C. M., Krauland, C. M., Harding, E. C.,
Grosskopf, M. J., Marion, D. C., Doss, F. W., Myra, E., Maddox, B., Young, B., Kline, J.
L., Kyrala, G., Plewa, T., Wheeler, J. C., Arnett, W. D., Wallace, R. J., Giraldez, E., &
Nikroo, A. (2011). Astrophysically relevant radiation hydrodynamics experiment at the
National Ignition Facility. In Roberto C. Mancini, Tomasz Plewa, & Michael Dopita
(Eds.), The 8th International Conference on High Energy Density Laboratory
Astrophysics, Pasadena, CA (pp. 207-211). Astrophysics and Space Science, 336.
Grosskopf, M. J., Drake, R. P., Kuranz, C. C., Miles, A. R., Hansen, J. F., Plewa, T., Hearn, N.,
Arnett, D., & Wheeler, J. C. (2009). Modeling of multi-interface, diverging,
hydrodynamic experiments for the National Ignition Facility. In Tomasz Plewa (Ed.), The
7th International Conference on High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics, Houston,
TX (pp. 57-63). Astrophys. Space Sci., 322.
Mauche, C. W., Liedahl, D. A., Akiyama, S., & Plewa, T. (2008). The Physics of Wind-Fed
Accretion. In Magnus Axelsson (Ed.), COOL DISCS, HOT FLOWS: The Varying Faces
of Accreting Compact Objects, Funäsdalen, Sweden (pp. 3-11). American Institute of
Physics Conference Series, 1054. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3002508
Hearn, N. C., Plewa, T., Drake, R. P., & Kuranz, C. (2007). Flash Code Simulations of
Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov Instabilities in Laser-Driven Experiments. In
Sergey Lebedev (Ed.), The 6th International Conference on High Energy Density
Laboratory Astrophysics, Rice University, Houston, TX (pp. 227-231). Astrophysics and
Space Science, 307. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10509-006-9226-5
Kuranz, C. C., Drake, R. P., Donajowski, T. L., Dannenberg, K. K., Grosskopf, M., Kremer, D.
J., Krauland, C., Marion, D. C., Robey, H. F., Remington, B. A., Hansen, J. F., Blue, B.
E., Knauer, J., Plewa, T., & Hearn, N. (2007). Assessing Mix Layer Amplitude in 3D
Decelerating Interface Experiments. In Sergey Lebedev (Ed.), The 6th International
Conference on High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics, Rice University, Houston,
TX (pp. 115-119). Astrophysics and Space Science, 307.
Brown, E. F., Calder, A. C., Plewa, T., Ricker, P. M., Robinson, K., & Gallagher, J. B. (2005).
Type Ia Supernovae: Simulations and Nucleosynthesis. In L. Buchmann, M. Comyn, & J.
Thomson (Eds.), Eighth International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos, Vancouver,
British Columbia, Canada (pp. 451-454). Nuclear Physics A, 758. Retrieved from
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysa.2005.05.083
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Weirs, G., Dwarkadas, V., Plewa, T., Tomkins, C., & Marr-Lyon, M. (2005). Validating the
Flash Code: Vortex-Dominated Flows. In George Kyrala (Ed.), The 5th International
Conference on High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Arizona,
Tucson, AZ (pp. 341-346). Astrophysics and Space Science, 298. Retrieved from
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10509-005-3966-5
Plewa, T., Marti, J. M., Muller, E., Rozyczka, M., & Sikora, M. (1997). Bending Relativistic Jets
in AGNs. In Ostrowski, M., Sikora, M., Madejski, G., & Begelman, M. (Eds.),
International Conference on Relativistic Jets in AGNS, Jagiellonian University, Cracow,
Poland (pp. 104-109). Cracow: The Astronomical Observatory, Jagiellonian University.
Retrieved from http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/327811
Invited Reviews
Drake, R. P., Kuranz, C. C., Miles, A. R., Muthsam, H. J., & Plewa, T. (2009). Stellar
explosions, instabilities, and turbulence. Physics of Plasmas, 16(4), 041004.
doi:10.1063/1.3101816
Nonrefereed Proceedings
Hearn, N. C., Plewa, T., Drake, R. P., & Kuranz, C. (2007). FLASH Code Simulations of
Laser-Driven Rayleigh-Taylor and Richtmyer-Meshkov Experiments on Omega. In
Michel Legrand, & Marc Vandenboomgaerde (Eds.), The Tenth International Workshop
on the Physics of Compressible Turbulent Mixing, The Ecole Nationale Superieure de
Techniques Avancees, Paris, France (pp. 114-119). Bruyeres-le-Chatel, France:
Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique. Retrieved from http://iwpctm.org/proceedings/
Mauche, C. W., Liedahl, D. A., Akiyama, S., & Plewa, T. (2007). Hydrodynamic and Spectral
Simulations of HMXB Winds. In K. Hayashida, T. G. Tsuru, & K. Koyama (Eds.),
International Conference on The Extreme Universe in the Suzaku Era, Kyoto, Japan (pp.
196-199). Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement, 169. Retrieved from
http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/PTPS.169.196
Comparato, M., Antonuccio, V., Becciani, U., Dubey, A., Plewa, T., & Sheeler, D. (2006).
FLY-FLASH: A Software Interface for Adaptive Mesh Refinement - Treecode
Simulations . In Gaetano Belvedere, Giuseppe Leto, & Francesca Zuccarello (Eds.), 49th
Annual Meeting of the Italian Astronomical Society, Catania, Italy (pp. 448-450).
Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana Supplementi, 9. Retrieved from
http://sait.oat.ts.astro.it/MSAIS/9/index.html
Orlando, S., Peres, G., Reale, F., Bocchino, F., Plewa, T., & Rosner, R. (2006). Hydrodynamic
interaction of SNR shocks with thermally conducting, radiative clouds . In Gaetano
Belvedere, Giuseppe Leto, & Francesca Zuccarello (Eds.), 49th Annual Meeting of the
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Italian Astronomical Society (pp. 208-211). Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana
Supplementi, Catania, Italy. Retrieved from http://sait.oat.ts.astro.it/MSAIS/9/index.html
Janka, H.-T., Scheck, L., Kifonidis, K., Müller, E., & Plewa, T. (2005). Supernova Asymmetries
and Pulsar Kicks --- Views on Controversial Issues. In Roberta Humphreys, & Krzysztof
Z. Stanek (Eds.), The Fate of the Most Massive Stars, Jackson Lake Lodge, WY (pp.
363-373). ASP Conference Series, 332. Retrieved from
http://aspbooks.org/a/volumes/article_details/?paper_id=1857
Dwarkadas, V., Plewa, T., Weirs, G., Tomkins, C., & Marr-Lyon, M. (2005). Simulation of
Vortex--Dominated Flows Using the FLASH Code. In Tomasz Plewa, Timur Linde, & V.
Gregory Weirs (Eds.), Adaptive Mesh Refinement - Theory and Applications, Chicago, IL
(pp. 527-537). Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, Vol. 41.
Retrieved from http://www.springerlink.com/content/rw79135654155864/
Scheck, L., Plewa, T., Kifonidis, K., Janka, H.-Th., & Mueller, E. (2004). Global anisotropies in
supernova explosions and pulsar recoil. In Ewald Mueller, & Hans-Thomas Janka (Eds.),
the 12th workshop on "Nuclear Astrophysics" :A tribute to an explosive astrophysicist
honoring Wolfgang Hillebrandt on occassion of his 60th birthday, Ringberg Casle,
Tegernsee, Germany (pp. 1-3). Garching, Germany: Max-Plank-Institut fuer Astrophysik.
Retrieved from http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004astro.ph..5311S
Peres, G., Orlando, S., Reale, F., Rosner, R., Plewa, T., & Siegel, A. (2004). Crushing of
Interstellar Gas Clouds in Supernova Remnants: the Role of Thermal Conduction and
Radiative Losses. In G. Bertin, D. Farina, & R. Pozzoli (Eds.), Plasmas in the Laboratory
and in the Universe: New Insights and New Challenges, AIP, Como, Italy (pp. 326-329).
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 703. Retrieved from
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1718476
Orlando, S., Peres, G., Reale, F., Plewa, T., Rosner, R., & Siegel, A. (2004). Using AMR to
Simulate the 3-D Hydrodynamic Interaction of Supernova Shocks with Interstellar Gas
Clouds. In Conference (pp. 82-85). Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana
Supplementi.
Janka, H.-T., Buras, R., Kifonidis, K., Plewa, T., & Rampp, M. (2003). Core Collapse and Then?
The Route to Massive Star Explosions. In Wolfgang Hillebrandt, & Bruno Leibundgut
(Eds.), From Twilight to Highlight: The Physics of Supernovae,ESO, Garching, Germany
(pp. 39-52). Berlin: Springer. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/10828549_7
Orlando, S., Peres, G., Reale, F., Rosner, R., Plewa, T., & Siegel, A. (2003). Development and
Application of Numerical Modules for FLASH in Palermo: Two Astrophysical
Examples. In Conference (pp. 45-53). Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana
Supplementi.
Plewa, T. (2003). The FLASH code: from design to applications. In Sylvain Turcotte, Stefan C.
Keller, & Robert M. Cavallo (Eds.), 3D Stellar Evolution, Livermore, CA (pp. 22-26).
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ASP Conference Series, Vol. 293. Retrieved from
http://www.aspbooks.org/a/volumes/article_details/?paper_id=26757
Plewa, T., & Rozyczka, M. (2002). Sgr A* and Sgr A East: Intimate Life in the Galactic Center.
In Margarita Rosado, Luc Binette, & Lorena Arias (Eds.), Galaxies: The Third
Dimension, Cozumel, Mexico (pp. 82-89). ASP Conference Series, Vol. 282. Retrieved
from http://www.aspbooks.org/a/volumes/article_details/?paper_id=25821
Kifonidis, K., Müller, E., & Plewa, T. (2001). Non-spherical core collapse supernovae and
nucleosynthesis. In Conference "Nuclei in the Cosmos 2000" (pp. 168-171). Nuclear
Physics A.
Kifonidis, K., Plewa, T., & Müller, E. (2001). Exploding and non-exploding stars: Coupling
nuclear reaction networks to multidimensional hydrodynamics. In Arnould, M.,
Lewitowicz, M., Oganessian, Y. T., Akimune, H., Ohta, M., Utsunomiya, H., Wada, T.,
& Yamagata, T. (Eds.), Tours Symposium on Nuclear Physics IV: Tours 2000 (pp.
21-32). American Institute of Physics. Retrieved from
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1372778
Kifonidis, K., Plewa, T., Janka, H.-T., & Mueller, E. (2000). The First Five Minutes of a Core
Collapse Supernova: Multidimensional Hydrodynamic Models. In Roland Diehl, &
Dieter Hartmann (Eds.), Astronomy with Radioactivities, International Workshop,
MPE,Schloss Ringberg, Germany (pp. 141-148). Garching: MPE-Report Series, 274.
Retrieved from
http://www.mpe-garching.mpg.de/gamma/science/lines/workshops/proc99/kifonidis.ps
Ciecielag, P., Plewa, T., & Różyczka, M. (2000). High-Resolution Simulations and Visualization
of Protoplanetary Disks. In F. Garzón, C. Eiroa, D. de Winter, & T. J. Mahoney (Eds.),
Disks, Planetesimals, and Planets (pp. 45-50). ASP Conference Series, Vol. 219.
Retrieved from http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000ASPC..219...45C
Ciecielag, P., Plewa, T., & Różyczka, M. (2000). High-resolution simulations and visualization
of protoplanetary disks. In Bo Reipurth, & Hans Zinnecker (Eds.), Birth and Evolution of
Binary Stars, IAU, Potsdam, Germany (pp. 199-200). Potsdam, Germany: IAU.
Retrieved from http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2000IAUS..200P.199C
Kudlicki, A., Chodorowski, M. J., Plewa, T., & Rózyczka, M. (2000). Peculiar Velocities from
the Nonlinear Density Field. In S. Courteau, M. A. Strauss, & J. A. Willick (Eds.),
Cosmic Flows 1999: Towards an Understanding of Large-Scale Structure (pp. 310-313).
ASP Conference Series, Vol. 201. Retrieved from
http://www.aspbooks.org/a/volumes/article_details?paper_id=19345
Plewa, T. (2000). Numerical Hydrodynamics: SPH versus AMR. In Hans Zinnecker, & Robert
D. Mathieu (Eds.), The Formation of Binary Stars, International Astronomical Union,
Potsdam, Germany (pp. 563-566). The University of Chicago Press on behalf of the
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Astronomical Society of the Pacific. Retrieved from
http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/317704
Kifonidis, K., Plewa, T., & Müller, E. (1998). Explosive Nucleosynthesis: Coupling Reaction
Networks to Amr Hydrodynamics. In Hillebrandt, W., & Muller, E. (Eds.), Nuclear
Astrophysics (pp. 25). Max-Planck-Gesselschaft.
Franco, J., Plewa, T., & Garcia-Segura, G. (1997). The State of the Gas around Young Stellar
Groups. In J. Franco, R. Terlevich, & A. Serrano (Eds.), 1st Guillermo Haro Conference
on Astrophysics: Starburst Activity in Galaxies, INAOE, Puebla, Mexico (pp. 172-176).
Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica Conference Series, Vol. 6. Retrieved from
http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/~rmaa/rmsc6_frameset.html
Plewa, T., & Rozyczka, M. (1997). Modern Numerical Hydrodynamics and the Evolution in a
Dense Interstellar Medium. In J. Franco, R. Terlevich, & A. Serrano (Eds.), 1st
Guillermo Haro Conference on Astrophysics: Starburst Activity in Galaxies, INAOE,
Puebla, Mexico (pp. 232-234). Revista Mexicana de Astronomia y Astrofisica
Conference Series, Vol. 6. Retrieved from
http://www.astroscu.unam.mx/~rmaa/rmsc6_frameset.html
Franco, J., Garcia-Segura, G., & Plewa, T. (1997). Interactions of Massive Stars with their
Parental Clouds. In Viktor L. Toth, Maria Kun, & Laszlo Szabados (Eds.), The
Interaction of Stars with Their Environment, Visegrad, Hungary (pp. 293-312).
Communications from the Konkoly Observatory, No. 100, Budapest, Hungary: Konkoly
Observatory. Retrieved from http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1997CoKon.100..293F
Plewa, T. (1994). Broad-band and line emission from fast radiative shocks in dense media. In
Tenorio-Tagle, G. (Ed.), Violent Star Formation: From 30 Doradus to QSOs, The First
IAC-RGO meeting, Puerto Naos, La Palma, Spain (pp. 396-402). Cambidge: Cambridge
University Press.
Szczerba, R., & Plewa, T. (1990). Theoretical Models of the Observed Extinction Curves. In
Jacek Krelowski, & Jacek Papaj (Eds.), Physics and Composition of Interstellar Matter,
Nicolaus Copernicus University, Bachotek, Poland (pp. 217). Torun, Poland: Institute of
Astronomy, Nicolaus Copernicus University.
Presentations
Invited Presentations at Conferences
Plewa, T. A. (presented 2012, January). The First Three Months of a Core Collapse Supernova:
Multidimensional Hydrodynamic Models. Presentation at American Astronomical Society
Meeting, American Astronomical Society, Austin, TX. (National)
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Plewa, T. (presented 2010, May). Supernova Engines. Presentation at AAS Meeting #216,
American Astronomical Society, Miami, FL. (National)
Plewa, T. (presented 2008, April). Type II Supernovae. Presentation at 2008 APS April Meeting
and HEDP/HEDLA Meeting, American Physical Society, St. Louis, MI. (National)
Nonrefereed Presentations at Conferences
Krauland, C., Drake, R., Loupias, B., Falize, E., Busschaert, C., Ravasio, A., Yurchak, R., Pelka,
A., Koenig, M., Kuranz, C. C., Plewa, T., Huntington, C. M., Kaczala, D. N., Klein, S.,
Sweeney, R., Villete, B., Young, R., & Keiter, P. A. (presented 2012, May). Theory and
High-Energy-Density Laser Experiments Relevant to Accretion Processes in Cataclysmic
Variables. Poster presentation at AAS Meeting #220, American Astronomical Society,
Anchorage, AK. (National)
Kuranz, C. C., Drake, R. P., Huntington, C. M., Klein, S. R., Plewa, T., Trantham, M. R., Park,
H. S., Remington, B. A., Miles, A. R., Raman, K., & Kline, J. L. (presented 2012, May).
NIF Laboratory Astrophysics Experiments Investigating The Effects Of A Radiative
Shock On Hydrodynamic Instabilities. Poster presentation at AAS Meeting #220,
American Astronomical Society, Anchorage, AK. (National)
di Stefano, C., Kuranz, C. C., Drake, R. P., Grosskopf, M. J., Krauland, C., Marion, D. C., Klein,
S. R., Fryxell, B., Budde, A., & Plewa, T. (presented 2011, November). Spike
morphology in supernova-relevant hydrodynamics experiments. Poster presentation at
APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting, American Physical Society, Salt Lake City,
UT. (National)
Krauland, C., Drake, R. P., Kuranz, C. C., Huntington, C. N., Doss, F. W., Grosskopf, M. J.,
Marion, D. C., Klein, S., Young, R. P., & Plewa, T. A. (presented 2011, November).
Reverse Radiative Shock Experiments Relevant to Accreting Stream-Disk Impact in
Interacting Binaries. Poster presentation at APS Division of Plasma Physics Meeting,
American Physical Society, Salt Lake City, UT. (National)
Krauland, C., Drake, R. P., Kuranz, C. K., Huntington, C. M., Grosskopf, M. J., Marion, D. C.,
Young, R., & Plewa, T. (presented 2011, May). Reverse Radiative Shock Experiments
Relevant to Accreting Stream-Disk Impact in Interacting Binaries. Poster presentation at
AAS Meeting #218, American Astronomical Society, Boston, MA. (National)
Kuranz, C., Drake, R., Grosskopf, M., Budde, A., Remington, B., Robey, H., Arnett, D., Meakin,
C., & Plewa, T. (presented 2011, May). Blast-Wave-Driven Instability Experiments
Relevant To Supernova Hydrodynamics. Poster presentation at American Astronomical
Society Meeting, American Astronomical Society, Boston, MA. (National)
Budde, A., Drake, R. P., Kuranz, C. C., Grosskopf, M. J., & Plewa, T. (presented 2010,
November). Comparison of the Results of 2D Rayleigh-Taylor Models in FLASH and
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CRASH. Poster presentation at 52nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma
Physics, American Physical Society, Chicago, IL. (National)
di Stefano, C., Kuranz, C. C., Drake, R. P., Grosskopf, M. J., Krauland, C. M., Marion, D. C.,
Fryxell, B., Budde, A., Hansen, J. F., Knauer, J., Arnett, D., & Plewa, T. (presented 2010,
November). Spike morphology in supernova-relevant hydrodynamics experiments. Poster
presentation at 52nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, American
Physical Society, Chicago, IL. (National)
Krauland, C., Drake, R. P., Kuranz, C., Huntington, C., Grosskopf, M., Marion, D., Young, R.,
& Plewa, T. (presented 2010, November). Reverse Radiative Shock Experiments Relevant
to Accreting Stream-Disk Impact in Interacting Binaries. Poster presentation at 52nd
Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, American Physical Society,
Chicago, IL. (National)
Plewa, T., Handy, T., Remington, B., Kuranz, C., & Drake, P. (presented 2010, November).
Design of a spherically symmetric standing accretion shock experiment in high-energy
density plasmas. Poster presentation at 52nd Annual Meeting of the APS Division of
Plasma Physics, American Physical Society, Chicago, IL. (National)
Grosskopf, M., Drake, R. P., Kuranz, C. C., Miles, A. R., Hansen, J. F., Plewa, T., Hearn, N.,
Arnett, D., & Wheeler, J. C. (presented 2010, May). Designing of
Aspherically-Diverging, Multi-Interface Experiments to Model Rayleigh-Taylor Growth
in Supernovae. Poster presentation at AAS Meeting #216, American Astronomical
Society, Miami, FL. (National)
Krauland, C., Drake, R. P., Kuranz, C. C., Grosskopf, M. J., Young, R., & Plewa, T. (presented
2010, May). Design of Experiments Relevant to Accreting Stream-Disk Impact in
Interacting Binaries. Poster presentation at AAS Meeting #216, American Astronomical
Society, Miami, FL. (National)
Kuranz, C., Drake, R. P., Park, H. S., Remington, B. A., Huntington, C. M., Doss, F. W.,
Krauland, C. M., Harding, E. C., Grosskopf, M. J., Marion, D. C., Myra, E., Fryxell, B.,
Kalantar, D. H., Keane, C. J., Kilkenny, J. D., Robey, H. F., Maddox, B. R., Miles, A. R.,
Wallace, R. J., May, M. J., Kline, J. L., Kyrala, G. A., Plewa, T., Wheeler, J. C., Arnett,
W. D., Giraldez, E., & Nikroo, A. (presented 2010, May). NIF Laboratory Astrophysics
Experiments Investigating The Effects Of A Radiative Shock On Hydrodynamic
Instabilities. Poster presentation at AAS Meeting #216, American Astronomical Society,
Miami, FL. (National)
Plewa, T. (presented 2010, May). Supernova Engines. Presentation at The Fourth Third Coast
Astronomical Society Meeting Probing the Dark Ages, Third Coast Astronomical
Society, Tallahassee, FL. (Regional)
Boutloukos, S., Miller, M. C., & Plewa, T. (presented 2010, January). Modeling Of
Nuclear-Powered Oscillations From Accreting Millisecond X-ray Pulsars. Poster
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presentation at AAS Meeting #215, American Astronomical Society, Washington, D.C.
(National)
Grosskopf, M. J., Drake, R. P., Kuranz, C. C., Miles, A. R., Hansen, J. F., Plewa, T., Hearn, N.,
Arnett, D., & Wheeler, J. C. (presented 2009, May). Modeling of Multi-Interface,
Diverging, Hydrodynamic Experiments for the National Ignition Facility. Poster
presentation at 2009 APS April Meeting, American Physical Society, Denver, CO.
(National)
Harding, E. C., Drake, R. P., Gillespie, R. S., Grosskopf, M. J., Kuranz, C. C., Visco, A., Ditmar,
J. R., Aglitskiy, Y., Weaver, J. L., Velikovich, A. L., Hurricane, O. A., Hansen, J. F.,
Remington, B. A., Robey, H. F., Bono, M. J., & Plewa, T. (presented 2009, May).
Subsonic and Supersonic shear flows in laser driven high-energy-density plasmas. Poster
presentation at 2009 APS April Meeting, American Physical Society, Denver, CO.
(National)
Kuranz, C., Drake, R., Grosskopf, M., Krauland, C., Marion, D., Fryxell, B., Budde, A.,
Remington, B., Robey, H., Hansen, J., Miles, A., Knauer, J., Arnett, D., Meakin, C.,
Plewa, T., & Hearn, N. (presented 2009, May). Magnetic Fields In Blast-wave-driven
Instability Experiments Relevant To Supernova. Poster presentation at AAS Meeting
#214, American Astronomical Society, Pasadena, CA. (National)
Grosskopf, M. J., Drake, R. P., Kuranz, C. C., Miles, A. R., Hansen, J. F., Plewa, T., Hearn, N.,
Arnett, D., & Wheeler, J. C. (presented 2008, November). Modeling of Multi-Interface,
Diverging, Hydrodynamic Experiments for the National Ignition Facility. Poster
presentation at 50th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, American
Physical Society, Dallas, TX. (National)
Harding, E. C., Drake, R. P., Gillespie, R. S., Grosskopf, M. J., Ditmar, J. R., Aglitskiy, Y.,
Weaver, J. L., Velikovich, A. L., & Plewa, T. (presented 2008, November). Supersonic
shear flows in laser driven high-energy-density plasmas created by the Nike laser. Poster
presentation at 50th Annual Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, American
Physical Society, Dallas, TX. (National)
Grosskopf, M., Drake, R., Kuranz, C., Plewa, T., Hearn, N., Meakin, C., Arnett, D., Miles, A.,
Robey, H., Hansen, J., Hsing, W., & Edwards, M. (presented 2008, May). Designing of
Multi-Interface Diverging Experiments to Model Rayleigh-Taylor Growth in Supernovae.
Poster presentation at AAS Meeting #212, American Astronomical Society, St. Louis,
MI. (National)
Kuranz, C., Drake, R., Grosskopf, M., Robey, H., Hansen, J., Miles, A., Knauer, J., Arnett, D.,
Plewa, T., Hearn, N., & Meakin, C. (presented 2008, May). Blast Wave Driven
Instabilities In Laboratory Astrophysics Experiments. Poster presentation at AAS
Meeting #212, American Astronomical Society, St. Louis, MI. (International)
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Grosskopf, M., Drake, R. P., Kuranz, C. C., Plewa, T., Hearn, N., Meakin, C., Arnett, D., Miles,
A. R., Robey, H. F., Hansen, J. F., Remington, B. A., Hsing, W., & Edwards, M. J.
(presented 2008, April). Using Hydrodynamic Codes in Modeling of Multi-Interface
Diverging Experiments for NIF. Poster presentation at 2008 APS April Meeting and
HEDP/HEDLA Meeting, American Physical Society, St. Louis, MI. (International)
Harding, E. C., Drake, R. P., Gillespie, R. S., Grosskopf, M. J., Huntington, C. M., Aglitskiy, Y.,
Weaver, J. L., Velikovich, A. L., Plewa, T., & Dwarkadas, V. V. (presented 2008, April).
Progress toward Kelvin-Helmholtz instabilities in a High-Energy-Density Plasma on the
Nike laser. Poster presentation at 2008 APS April Meeting and HEDP/HEDLA Meeting,
American Physical Society, St. Louis, MI. (National)
Hearn, N., Plewa, T., Drake, R. P., & Kuranz, C. (presented 2008, April). Simulation and
Analysis of Mixing Layer Evolution in Multi-Mode, Laser-Driven Rayleigh-Taylor
Experiments. Poster presentation at 2008 APS April Meeting and HEDP/HEDLA
Meeting, American Physical Society, St. Louis, MI. (International)
Grosskopf, M. J., Drake, R. P., Kuranz, C. C., Plewa, T., Hearn, N., Arnett, D., Meakin, C.,
Miles, A. R., Robey, H. F., Hansen, J. F., Remington, B. A., Hsing, W., & Edwards, M. J.
(presented 2007, November). Using Hydrodynamic Codes in Modeling of Multi-Interface
Diverging Experiments for NIF. Poster presentation at 49th Annual Meeting of the
Division of Plasma Physics, American Physical Society, Orlando, FL. (National)
Kuranz, C. C., Drake, R. P., Grosskopf, M. J., Robey, H. F., Hansen, J. F., Miles, A. R., Knauer,
J., Plewa, T., & Hearn, N. (presented 2007, November). Spike Extensions in
Rayleigh-Taylor, Decelerating-Interface Experiments. Poster presentation at 49th Annual
Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, American Physical Society, Orlando, FL.
(National)
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.,
Masset, F., Mellema, G., Nelson, R., Paardekooper, S. J., Peplinski, A., Pierens, A.,
Plewa, T., Rice, K., Schäfer, C., & Speith, R. (presented 2007, October). A Comparison
of Numerical Simulations of Disk-Planet Interactions. Poster presentation at AAS
Division for Planetary Sciences meeting #39, American Astronomical Society, Orlando,
FL. (National)
Akiyama, S., Mauche, C. W., Liedahl, D. A., & Plewa, T. (presented 2007, May). X-ray Spectral
Formation In High-mass X-ray Binaries: The Case Of Vela X-1. Poster presentation at
American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts \#210, American Astronomical
Society, Honolulu, HI. (National)
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Plewa, T. (presented 2007, March). Thermonuclear Supernova: A Successful Failure.
Presentation at KITP Conference: Paths to Exploding Stars: Accretion and Eruption,
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA.
(International)
Fisher, R., Lamb, D., Kadanoff, L., Cattaneo, F., Constantin, P., & Plewa, T. (presented 2006,
November). 3D Large-Scale DNS of Weakly-Compressible Homogeneous Isotropic
Turbulence With Lagrangian Tracer Particles. Presentation at 59th Annual Meeting of
the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, American Physical Society Division of Fluid
Dynamics, Tampa Bay, FL. (National)
Grosskopf, M. J., Drake, R. P., Kuranz, C. C., Plewa, T., Hansen, J. F., Blue, B., Robey, H. F.,
Glendinning, S. G., Remington, B. A., Hsing, W., Miles, A. R., & Edwards, M. J.
(presented 2006, October). Preliminary Hyades Modeling of Multi-Interface Diverging
Experiments for NIF. Poster presentation at 2006 48th Annual Meeting of the Division of
Plasma Physics, American Physical Society, Philadelphia, PA. (National)
Kuranz, C. C., Drake, R. P., Grosskopf, M. J., Krauland, C., Marion, D., Donajkowski, T. L.,
Robey, H. F., Hansen, J. F., Blue, B., Miles, A. R., Knauer, J., Arnett, D., Meakin, C.,
Plewa, T., & Hearn, N. (presented 2006, October). 3D Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in
Decelerating Interface Experiments. Poster presentation at 48th Annual Meeting of the
Division of Plasma Physics, American Physical Society, Philadelphia, PA. (National)
Mauche, C. W., Liedahl, D. A., & Plewa, T. (presented 2006, September). Hydrodynamical and
Spectral Simulations of HMXB Winds. Poster presentation at High Energy Astrophysics
Ninth Divisional Meeting, American Astronomical Society, San Francisco, CA.
(National)
Messer, O. E. B., Zhang, J., Khokhlov, A. M., & Plewa, T. (presented 2005, January). Scaling
Relations and Non-Steady Propagation of Thermonuclear Flames in Type Ia Supernovae.
Poster presentation at American Astronomical Society 205th Meeting, San Diego, CA,
American Astronomical Society. (National)
Weirs, V. G., Dupont, T., & Plewa, T. (presented 2004, November). Three-Dimensional
Simulations of Shock/Heavy Gas Column Interaction. Presentation at 57th Annual
Meeting of the Division of Fluid Dynamics, APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, Seattle,
WA. (National)
Mignone, A., Plewa, T., & Lamb, D. (presented 2003, March). Magnetically Controlled
Accretion. Poster presentation at American Astronomical Society, HEAD meeting #7,
High Energy Division of the American Astronomical Society, Mt. Tremblant, Quebec,
Canada. (International)
Ciecielag, P., Różyczka, M., & Plewa, T. (presented 2001, September). Mass Transfer in the
Vicinity of a Protoplanet's Orbit. Poster presentation at JENAM 2001, the Annual
Scientific Meeting of the Astronomische Gesellschaft at the Joint European and National
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Meetingof the European Astronomical Society and the Astronomische Gesellschaft at
Munich, European Astronomical Society and the Astronomische Gesellschaft, Munich,
Germany. (International)
Nonrefereed Workshops
Mauche, C. W., Liedahl, D. A., Akiyama, S., & Plewa, T. (2007, June). XMM-Newton: The Next
Decade. Workshop delivered at European Space Agency, European Space Astronomy
Centre (ESAC), Villafranca del Castillo, Madrid, Spain. (International)
Invited Lectures and Readings of Original Work
Plewa, T. A. (2012, May). Supernovae: Elements of Theory, Computations, & Experiments:
Experimental Astrophysics. Delivered at Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland,
Zakopane, Poland. (International)
Plewa, T. A. (2012, May). Supernovae: Elements of Theory, Computations, & Experiments:
From SN 1987A to Experiments. Delivered at Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland,
Zakopane, Poland. (International)
Plewa, T. A. (2012, May). Supernovae: Elements of Theory, Computations, & Experiments:
High-Energy Density Supernova Experiments. Delivered at Jagiellonian University,
Cracow, Poland. (International)
Information and Communication Technology
Internet Web Site Development
Handy, T. A., & Plewa, T. A. (2012). The 9th International Conference on High Energy Density
Laboratory Astrophysics. Retrieved from Florida State University, Department of
Scientific Computing: http://www.hedla2012.org/
Plewa, T., & Gallagher, J. B. (2003). Chicago Workshop on Adaptive Mesh Refinement Methods.
Retrieved from University of Chicago: http://flash.uchicago.edu/amr2003/
Computer Software Development
Handy, T., Brenner, S., Fenn. D., Boehner, P., Learn, R., & Plewa, T. (contract). LAVAflow:
Laboratory for Analysis of Variable Astrophysics Data [Computer software].
Tallahassee, FL: research software.
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Handy, T., Young, A., & Plewa, T. (contract). CASAnova: Computational Astrophysics
Simulation Database [Computer software]. Tallahassee, FL: research software.
Handy, T., Gawryszczak, A., Plewa, T., Fenn, D., Boehner, P., & Learn. R. (contract). Proteus
[Computer software]. Tallahassee, FL: research software.
Contracts and Grants
Contracts and Grants Funded
Plewa, Tomasz (PI). (Aug 2012–Jul 2015). Diverging Supernova Explosion Experiments on NIF.
Funded by US Department of Energy. (DE-SC0008823). Total award $409,853.
Plewa, Tomasz (PI). (Jun 2011–Jun 2012). Core-Collapse Supernova Explosion Mechanism
Studies. Funded by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. (B595681). Total award
$70,000.
Plewa, Tomasz (PI). (Jul 2010–Jun 2014). Morphology of Young Core-Collapse Supernova
Remnants from Multi-Physics Three-Dimensional Simulations. Funded by National
Science Foundation. (1109113). Total award $360,098.
Plewa, Tomasz (Co-PI). (Aug 2009–Sep 2012). Center for Laser Experimental Astrophysics
Research (CLEAR). Funded by University of Michigan Ann Arbor. (3001381461). Total
award $120,000.
Plewa, Tomasz (Co-PI). (Jun 2008–Dec 2009). Contributions to the Experimental Astrophysics
on the Omega Laser. Funded by University of Michigan Ann Arbor. (3001062066). Total
award $80,000.
Contracts and Grants Pending
Plewa, Tomasz A (PI). (Nov 2016). Extended MHD Models of Neutrino-Driven Supernova
Explosions. Submitted to National Science Foundation.
Plewa, Tomasz A (PI). (Nov 2016). Realistic MHD Models of White Dwarf Mergers. Submitted
to National Science Foundation.
Contracts and Grants Denied
Plewa, Tomasz A (PI). (Jul 2016). Cosmic Ray Acceleration in Supernova Shells. Submitted to
Florida Institute of Technology.
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Plewa, Tomasz A (PI). (Jul 2016). The Role of Plasma Self-Magnetization During Late Stages of
Stellar Evolution and Stellar Explosions. Submitted to National Aeronautics & Space
Administration.
Postdoctoral Supervision
Handy, T. (May 2014–Apr 2016).
Flaig, M. (Apr 2012–Mar 2015).
Additional Research or Original Creative Work Not Reported Elsewhere
Plewa, T., Drake, R. P., Arnett, W. D., Wheeler, J. C., Kuranz, C. C., Miles, A. R., & Grosskopf,
M. J. (2010–2015). Diverging Supernova Explosion Experiments on NIF. National
Ignition Facility, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy.
Plewa, T. (2004–2005). Thermonuclear Supernovae: Stellar Explosions in Three Dimensions",
Novel Computational Impact on Theory and Experiment (INCITE) proposal. U.S.
Department of Energy, Office of Science.
Service
Florida State University
FSU University Service
Senator, Faculty Senate (2008–2010).
FSU College Service
Member, College Arts and Sciences Bylaws Committee (2008–2009).
FSU Department Service
Chair, Technology Committee (2015–present).
member, Executive Committee (2015–2016).
member, Technology Committee (2014–2015).
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Chair, Academic Affairs (2014–2015).
member, Publications Committee (2014–2015).
Chair, Publications Committee (2013–2014).
Chair, Undergraduate Committee (2011–2012).
Chair, Academic Affairs Committee (2009–2011).
The Profession
Guest Editing for Refereed Journals
Mancini, R. C., Plewa, T., & Dopita, M. (Eds.). (2011). New Developments in High Energy
Density Laboratory Astrophysics [Special Issue]. Astrophysics and Space Science, 336.
Plewa, T. A. (Ed.). (2009). High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics 2008 [Special Issue].
Astrophysics and Space Science, 322.
Series Editor for Books
Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering (2003–2004).
Guest Reviewer for Refereed Journals
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (2017–present).
ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering (2016–present).
High Energy Density Physics (2016–present).
Physical Review D (2016–present).
Computational Science and Engineering (2014–present).
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (2006–present).
Combustion Theory and Modeling (2005–present).
Physics of Fluids (2004–present).
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Astronomy and Astrophysics (2000–present).
Astrophysical Journal (1997–present).
Journal of Computational Physics (1997–present).
Reviewer or Panelist for Grant Applications
National Energy Research Supercomputer Center (2014–present).
National Science Foundation (2017).
Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy (2014).
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2013).
National Science Center, Poland (2013).
Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy (2012).
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2012).
Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy (2012).
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2011).
Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy (2010).
Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy (2003).
Service to Professional Associations
Member, Technical Program Committee, review and selection of conference abstracts,
International Conference on Inertial Fusion Sciences and Applications (2009–present).
Member, Executive Committee, Executive Committee, High Energy Density Laboratory
Astrophysics, Inc (2006–present).
Member, reporting problems and providing advise to the NERSC computer systems managers on
behalf of the user community, NERSC Users Group Executive Committee (2009–2016).
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Chair, the Local Organizing Committee, coordinating conference organization, The 9th
International Conference on High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics 2012
(2011–2012).
Member, the Local Organizing Committee, Third Coast Astronomical Society (2010).
Program Chair, coordinate the work of Scientific Organizing Committee, The 8th International
Conference on High Energy Density Laboratory Astrophysics 2010 (2008–2010).
Chair, the Local Organizing Committee, coordinating conference organization, Chicago
Workshop on Adaptive Mesh Refinement Methods (2002–2003).
Consultation
National Energy Research Science Center, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science.
Nuclear Physics Requirements Workshop (2011).
National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy. NIF Science Workshop,
Nuclear Physics panel, member (2011).
National Energy Research Science Center, Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy.
Review for NERSC5 system acquisition, reviewer (2005).
Office of Science, U.S. Department of Energy. ScaLES workshop, Meshing Session (2003).
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