Star Disk Collision (IMAGE)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Star Disk Collision

Caption

A sequence of snap shots based on a simulation of a red giant entering and exiting a clump in a fragmenting accretion disk. In this case, it takes four days for the star to travel through the clump (each .1 unit of time is approximately one hour).

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Georgia Tech

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