Realising Smashing Localisations as Morphisms of DG Algebras

For a smashing localisation L of the derived category of a differential graded (dg) algebra A we construct a dg algebra A _L and a morphism of dg algebras A→A _L that induces the canonical map in cohomology. As a first application we obtain a localisations of a dg algebra A with graded commutative homology at a prime ideal in the homology H ^* A, namely a morphism of dg algebras. As a second application we can use results of Keller to “model” every smashing localisation of compactly generated algebraic triangulated categories by a morphism of dg algebras.