After making modifications to the Reactive Empirical Bond Order potential for Molecular Dynamics (MD) of Brenner et al. in order to make the model behave in a more conventional manner, we discover that the new model exhibits detonation instability, a first for MD. The instability is analyzed in terms of the accepted theory.

7 pages, 6 figures. Submitted to Phys. Rev. E Minor edits. Removed parenthetical statement about P^\nu from conclusions