Investigation of turbulence in the early stages of a high resolution supernova simulation

Robert Sisneros, Chris Malone, Andy Nonaka, Stan Woosley

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Abstract

Cosmologists have used the light curves of Type Ia supernovae (SN Ia) as tools for surveying vast distances. Previous simulations have used coarse resolution and artificial initial conditions that substantially influenced their outcome. Here, we have the unique advantage of being able to import the results from previous simulations of convection leading to ignition from our low Mach number code, MAESTRO, directly into our compressible code, CASTRO. These initial conditions include the location of ignition and the turbulence on the grid. In this video, we show the turbulence within the early ''bubble' of a supernova via renderings of the magnitude of the vorticity within the simulation. We then focus on the highest values of the magnitude of vorticity to observe the formation of 'vortex tubes.'

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2012 SC Companion
Subtitle of host publicationHigh Performance Computing, Networking Storage and Analysis, SCC 2012
Pages1557-1558
Number of pages2
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Event2012 SC Companion: High Performance Computing, Networking Storage and Analysis, SCC 2012 - Salt Lake City, UT, United States
Duration: Nov 10 2012Nov 16 2012

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2012 SC Companion: High Performance Computing, Networking Storage and Analysis, SCC 2012

Other

Other2012 SC Companion: High Performance Computing, Networking Storage and Analysis, SCC 2012
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySalt Lake City, UT
Period11/10/1211/16/12

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Software

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