Snezhana I. Abarzhi (also known as Snejana I. Abarji)[1] is an applied mathematician and theoretical physicist specializing in
the dynamics of fluids and
plasmas and their applications in nature and technology. Her research has revealed that instabilities elucidate dynamics of supernova blasts, and that supernovae explode more slowly and less turbulently than previously thought, changing the understanding of the mechanisms by which heavy atomic nuclei are formed in these explosions.Her works have found the mechanism of interface stabilization, the special self-similar class in interfacial mixing, and the fundamentals of Rayleigh-Taylor instabilities.[2][1]
In 2020 Abarzhi was named a
Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), after a nomination from the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, "for deep and abiding work on the Rayleigh-Taylor and related instabilities, and for sustained leadership in that community".[5][6]
Abarzhi SI, Hill DL, Williams KC, Li JT, Remington BA, Arnett WD 2023 Fluid dynamics mathematical aspects of supernova remnants. Phys. Fluids 35, 034106. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0123930
Abarzhi SI, Sreenivasan KR 2022 Self-similar Rayleigh-Taylor mixing with accelerations varying in time and space. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 119, e2118589119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2118589119
Ilyin DV, Abarzhi SI 2022 Interface dynamics under thermal heat flux, inertial stabilization and destabilizing acceleration. Springer Nat. Appl. Sci. 4, 197. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42452-022-05000-4
Meshkov EE, Abarzhi SI 2019 On Rayleigh-Taylor interfacial mixing. Fluid Dyn. Res. 51, 065502. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1873-7005/ab3e83, http://arxiv.org/abs/1901.04578