CEMP star enrichment (VIDEO)

University of Texas at Austin, Texas Advanced Computing Center

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Animation shows the enrichment process of carbon and iron from the supernova of a first-generation of star of 50 solar masses. The four panels show density, temperature, carbon and iron abundances. First, metals are dispersed in the ambient region in the almost spherical manner (< 14 Myr after the explosion). Then, the metals expand in the horizontal direction, while the expansion halts in the vertical direction. Eventually, the metals return to the central region again, where the next generation of stars form.

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Chiaki, et al.

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