Research group Computational Astrophysics group
Volume rendering of the stalled accretion shock in a core-collapse supernova. The thin cyan sphere is the supernova shock, the purple core at the center is the newly formed protoneutron star and the volume filling reddish-orange material is the turbulent gain region where neutrino heating is driving convection and working to revive the stalled shock.
We specialize in the development of computational tools for gas dynamics (with and without magnetic fields) and radiative transfer. Simulations using these computer models are typically run on parallel systems and supercomputers.
Volume rendering of the merger of two neutron stars. Only the lower half (below the orbital plane) is renderedto allow to “look inside” the merger remnant. At the interface between the neutron stars a string of Kelvin-Helmholtz vorticesemerges.
The research of members in this group connects closely to the research of the supernova and galaxy groups.
The researchers at the department are collaborating with the physics departments at Stockholm University and the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) within the Oskar Klein Centre.
There are no research project connections.