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Supernovae Movies

Adam Burrows' Movies

focused on center watching large scale blast Hydrodynamic model of a SN collapse and explosion
Credit: Adam Burrows & John Hayes
Comments: The top set of images links to a movie that follows the initial stages of the core collapse. The bottom set links to a movie, which begins near the end of the previous movie, and the scale has been enlarged to follow the multi-dimensional explosion.
Publication:   Burrows et al. 1995
Hydrodynamic model of a SN collapse and explosion
Credit: Adam Burrows & John Hayes
Comments: The colors indicate the electron fraction (Ye)
Publication:   Burrows et al. 1995
Hydrodynamic Model of a SNIa blast interacting with a main sequence star I
Credit: Evonne Marietta
Comments: These results were featured on the cover of Nature in Feb. 2000.
Publication:   Marietta et al. 2000
Hydrodynamic Model of a SNIa blast interacting with a main sequence star II
Credit: Evonne Marietta
Comments: This movie is different from the one above in that the distance between the exploding star and the companion star is greater.
Publication:   Marietta et al. 2000
Hydrodynamic Model of a SNIa blast interacting with a main sequence star III
Credit: Evonne Marietta
Comments: This movie focusses on the inner interaction regions during the impact with a main sequence star. In addition, the velocity is represented by a vector field
Publication:   Marietta et al. 2000

Marc Herant's Images

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50 millseconds after bounce.


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75 millseconds after bounce



Chris Fryer's Movies and Images