Neutron Star X-ray Burst Simulations in 3D (IMAGE)
Caption
Astrophysicists at the State University of New York, Stony Brook, and University of California, Berkeley created 3D simulations of X-ray bursts on the surfaces of neutron stars. Two views of these X-ray bursts are shown: the left column is viewed from above while the right column shows it from a shallow angle above the surface. The panels (from top to bottom) show the X-ray burst structure at 10, 20 and 40 milliseconds of simulation time.
Credit
Michael Zingale, Department of Physics and Astronomy at SUNY Stony Brook
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License
Public Domain