Is it possible to do astrophysics research

[DavidWhitbeck]

DavidWhitbeck, for a long time the state of the art was that a given simulation would either produce an explosion or a remnant, but never both. Things have improved, particularly with the huge increase in computational capacity that allows things like 3-d modeling of convection. This isn't my field, but my understanding is that today's models capture the gross features pretty well, but there's still work needed in getting quantitative agreement with things like light curves and r-process abundances.

Thanks for the info. Looks like things aren't too bad, more like just maturing.

 

[ks_physicist]

I'm sure the OP knows that the odds of making grand discoveries and advances are virtually infinitely against him. S/he plainly knows that.

S/he still wants to learn by coding up some simulations. I can get behind that, promote that, and encourage that. It is a fantastic idea.

I don't see the utility of discouraging him/her from trying it.

 

[TMFKAN64]

"Is it possible to learn about astrophysics by doing simulations at home?" is a question that gets a much different response than "Is it possible to do astrophysics research at home?"

 

[Vanadium 50]

I'm sure the OP knows that the odds of making grand discoveries and advances are virtually infinitely against him. S/he plainly knows that.

I don't see that:

I want to eventually make my own original discoveries