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The image is a still from a numerical simulation. It shows the situationa approximately 1.3 seconds after the merger of two neutron stars. The blue and green contours show the density of matter around the central remaining black hole. The magenta lines show the magnetic field lines and the arrows show the outflow from the magnetosphere (also known as a “jet”).
The simulation set a new record: an international team led by researchers from @mpi_grav has performed the longest and most complex simulation to date of a binary neutron star merger, lasting 1.5 seconds of real time. This required around 130 million CPU hours.
ℹ️ https://www.aei.mpg.de/1249127/breakthrough-in-simulating-how-neutron-stars-collide
Image: K. Hayashi / @mpi_grav
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