Los Alamos Simulates Supernova Ignition
Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory are using a supercomputer developed to evaluate the performance of nuclear weapons without actually testing them to simulate the ignition sequence when a white dwarf star explodes as a supernova. By combining the lab’s Roadrunner supercomputer, which has...
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