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A
tiny
neutron
star
orbits
incessantly
around
a
massive
star
with
a
diameter
a
million
times
larger
than
its
own.
The
high
luminosity
of
the
massive
star
drives
a
strong
wind
from
its
surface.
The
neutron
star
crashes
through
this
wind
at
over
300
kilometers
per
second.
The
gravity
and
X-ray
luminosity
of
the
neutron
star
act
to
disrupt
the
wind,
producing
an
extended
wake
of
dense
gas
trailing
behind
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A simulation of the tidal distortion of a neutron star orbiting a massive star -
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A
tiny
neutron
star
orbits
incessantly
around
a
massive
star
with
a
diameter
a
million
times
larger
than
its
own.
The
high
luminosity
of
the
massive
star
drives
a
strong
wind
from
its
surface.
The
neutron
star
crashes
through
this
wind
at
over
300
kilometers
per
second.
The
gravity
and
X-ray
luminosity
of
the
neutron
star
act
to
disrupt
the
wind,
producing
an
extended
wake
of
dense
gas
trailing
behind
...
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A close-up of the tidal distortion of a neutron star orbiting a massive star -
http:/
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A
tiny
neutron
star
orbits
incessantly
around
a
massive
star
with
a
diameter
a
million
times
larger
than
its
own.
The
high
luminosity
of
the
massive
star
drives
a
strong
wind
from
its
surface.
The
neutron
star
crashes
through
this
wind
at
over
300
kilometers
per
second.
The
gravity
and
X-ray
luminosity
of
the
neutron
star
act
to
disrupt
the
wind,
producing
an
extended
wake
of
dense
gas
trailing
behind
...
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A simulation of the turbulent wake of a neutron star in orbit around a massive star -
http:/
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A
tiny
neutron
star
orbits
incessantly
around
a
massive
star
with
a
diameter
a
million
times
larger
than
its
own.
The
high
luminosity
of
the
massive
star
drives
a
strong
wind
from
its
surface.
The
neutron
star
crashes
through
this
wind
at
over
300
kilometers
per
second.
The
gravity
and
X-ray
luminosity
of
the
neutron
star
act
to
disrupt
the
wind,
producing
an
extended
wake
of
dense
gas
trailing
behind
...
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A simulation of the wake of a low luminosity neutron star in orbit around a massive star -
http:/
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A
tiny
neutron
star
orbits
incessantly
around
a
massive
star
with
a
diameter
a
million
times
larger
than
its
own.
The
high
luminosity
of
the
massive
star
drives
a
strong
wind
from
its
surface.
The
neutron
star
crashes
through
this
wind
at
over
300
kilometers
per
second.
The
gravity
and
X-ray
luminosity
of
the
neutron
star
act
to
disrupt
the
wind,
producing
an
extended
wake
of
dense
gas
trailing
behind
...
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A simulation of the wake of a moderate luminosity neutron star in orbit around a massive star -
http:/
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A
tiny
neutron
star
orbits
incessantly
around
a
massive
star
with
a
diameter
a
million
times
larger
than
its
own.
The
high
luminosity
of
the
massive
star
drives
a
strong
wind
from
its
surface.
The
neutron
star
crashes
through
this
wind
at
over
300
kilometers
per
second.
The
gravity
and
X-ray
luminosity
of
the
neutron
star
act
to
disrupt
the
wind,
producing
an
extended
wake
of
dense
gas
trailing
behind
...
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A simulation of the wake of a high luminosity neutron star in orbit around a massive star -
http:/
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A
tiny
neutron
star
orbits
incessantly
around
a
massive
star
with
a
diameter
a
million
times
larger
than
its
own.
The
high
luminosity
of
the
massive
star
drives
a
strong
wind
from
its
surface.
The
neutron
star
crashes
through
this
wind
at
over
300
kilometers
per
second.
The
gravity
and
X-ray
luminosity
of
the
neutron
star
act
to
disrupt
the
wind,
producing
an
extended
wake
of
dense
gas
trailing
behind
...
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A close-up of the neutron star and its tidal wake -
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The
Voyager
and
Pioneer
Spacecraft
have
detected
large-scale
quasi-periodic
plasma
fluctuations
in
the
outer
heliosphere
beyond
20
AU.
A
plasma
vortex
sheet
model
can
explain
these
fluctuations
and
the
observed
correlations
between
various
physical
variables.
The
large
scale
outer
heliosphere
is
modeled
by
solving
the
3-D
compressible
magnetohydrodynamic
equations
involving
three
interacting
shear
...
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An animation of a vortex street with a weak magnetic field and a tau of 20 -
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The
Voyager
and
Pioneer
Spacecraft
have
detected
large-scale
quasi-periodic
plasma
fluctuations
in
the
outer
heliosphere
beyond
20
AU.
A
plasma
vortex
sheet
model
can
explain
these
fluctuations
and
the
observed
correlations
between
various
physical
variables.
The
large
scale
outer
heliosphere
is
modeled
by
solving
the
3-D
compressible
magnetohydrodynamic
equations
involving
three
interacting
shear
...
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A narrated video describing the results of the plasma vortex street model -
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The
following
calculation
shows
the
development
and
evolution
of
Rayleigh-Taylor
instabilities
which
develop
behind
the
supernova
blast
wave
on
a
time
scale
of
a
few
hours.
The
initial
model
was
chosen
to
provide
a
good
representation
for
the
progenitor
star
for
Supernova
1987A.
The
calculation
was
performed
using
the
Piecewise-Parabolic
Method
for
hydrodynamics
on
a
two-dimensional
spherical
grid
...
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Evolution of the density in a supernova explosion, in both a fixed reference frame and in the blast wave reference frame -
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