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Seeing Stellar Explosions with Shallow Water

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Matthew Duez, Physics 5, 13 (2012) – Published January 30, 2012
Observation of shallow water motion provides a remarkably good way to simulate the shock wave instabilities that occur in exploding stars.
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Big Waves from a Small Source

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Phys. Rev. Focus 22, 14 (2008) – Published October 23, 2008
Computer simulations reveal a new type of wave structure that may appear in the banded flows of giant planets, or even Earth’s oceans.