Stellar Convection (IMAGE)

University of Texas at Austin

Stellar Convection

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Texascale Days on TACC’s Frontera supercomputer gives scientists full access to the most powerful supercomputer at any U.S. university. Shown is a volume rendered view of a thin equatorial slice of the model 25 Mʘ star. A surface convection zone interacts with gravity waves excited by the convection zone in the core region of this star.

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Paul Woodward, University of Minnesota.

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