Supercomputer Simulation of Hypernova Explosion (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Supercomputer Simulation of Hypernova Explosion

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This is a supercomputer visualization of the toroidal magnetic field in a collapsed, massive star, showing how in a span of 10 milliseconds the rapid differential rotation revs up the stars magnetic field to a million billion times that of our sun (yellow is positive, light blue is negative). Red and blue represent weaker positive and negative magnetic fields, respectively.

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Robert R. Sisneros (NCSA) and Philipp Mösta.

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