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| Jet-Induced Supernovae Sean Couch, Craig Wheeler, Milos Milosavljevic, UT Astronomy. This image shows the results of a high-resolution, large-scale simulation of jet-induced supernovae using the adaptive-mesh refinement hydrodynamics code Flash. This simulation is a cutting-edge attempt to make connections between the supernova mechanism (in this case, bipolar jets) and actual observables such as the shape of the explosion and distribution of various elements. This particular model employs relatively low-speed, high-temperature jets. It is plausible that such jets would be formed by amplified magnetic fields in the core-collapse supernova process. The density field evolution is shown out to about 6 days after the initiation of the explosion, a time at which the supernova would become observable to astronomers. This simulation was performed on TACC's Lonestar supercomputer and the visualization was made on the visualization cluster Colt. |