Visualization of Exploding Stars
The TeraScale Supernovae Initiative (TSI) Department of Energy Office of Science SciDAC Program
Core-collapse supernovae are the most energetic explosions in the universe, releasing 1053 ergs of energy at a rate of 1057 neutrinos per second.
The TSI collaboration involves researchers from over a dozen institutions. At the Visualization and Interactive Spaces (VIS) Lab, part of the Pervasive Technology Labs at Indiana University, we explore visual representations to capture the dynamics of the supernova phenomenon. We are especially interested in portraying the complexity of the computation and showing the behavior of the various neutrino types and energy levels within the hydrodynamics fields.
These images, generated in the VIS Lab, explore output from simulations conducted as part of the TSI initiative in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at SUNY Stony Brook.
For more information on the Visualization and Interactive Spaces Lab, Pervasive Technology Labs at Indiana University, or the TeraScale Supernovae Initiative (TSI), visit: http://vis.iu.edu/ or http://www.tsi-scidac.org/
