Math Is Fun Forum
You are not logged in.
- Topics: Active | Unanswered
#1 2007-03-23 12:25:54
- MathsIsFun
- Administrator
- Registered: 2005-01-21
- Posts: 7,711
Sumulating a Compression Detonation of a White Dwarf
A "flame bubble" at the center of a White Dwarf quickly jets to the surface, wraps around and then sends the star into supernova according to these simulations:
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
Offline
#2 2007-03-23 18:30:17
- luca-deltodesco
- Member
- Registered: 2006-05-05
- Posts: 1,470
Re: Sumulating a Compression Detonation of a White Dwarf
wow. thats amazing.
The Beginning Of All Things To End.
The End Of All Things To Come.
Offline
#3 2007-03-24 11:58:54
- egeniius
- Member
- Registered: 2007-03-20
- Posts: 11
Re: Sumulating a Compression Detonation of a White Dwarf
that is superb sumilation
here's a little info on the horsepower required for those computations
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/ … 010807.php
Last edited by egeniius (2007-03-24 11:59:24)
"Pi is exactly three!" - Professor Frink
Offline
#4 2007-03-24 12:07:48
- MathsIsFun
- Administrator
- Registered: 2005-01-21
- Posts: 7,711
Re: Sumulating a Compression Detonation of a White Dwarf
They would want to get the software right first, wouldn't they? Hate to come to the end of a million-hour run and go, "oops!"
They probably do coarse-grained runs on single PCs, and only need all the computing power to get fine detail.
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
Offline