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Title: Neutrino Heating Drives a Supernova (Silent Animation)

Multimedia ·
OSTI ID:1400235

When a neutron star forms, compression creates heat that generates neutrinos. When the star’s core collapses, a shock wave propagates around the star but stalls. The neutrinos reenergize a stalled shock wave, and the convection created leads to an asymmetric explosion that shoots elements into the cosmos. The heat content, or entropy, is shown, with greater entropy represented by “warmer” hues. At center is a volume rendering of the developing explosion above the newly formed neutron star (based on a simulation with the CHIMERA code); side images of orthogonal slices through the star reveal additional detail. The movie starts 100 milliseconds after the formation of the neutron star, depicts the shockwave’s bounce and follows astrophysical events up to 432 milliseconds after the bounce.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
1400235
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English