Astronomy Picture of Day: Accretion Disk Simulati# Astronomy - 天文
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Accretion Disk Simulation
Credit: Michael Owen, John Blondin (North Carolina State Univ.)
Explanation: Don't be fooled by the familiar symmetry. The graceful spiral structure seen
in this computer visualization does not portray winding spiral arms in a distant galaxy of
stars. Instead, the graphic shows spiral shock waves in a three dimensional simulation of an
accretion disk -- material swirling onto a compact central object that could represent a white
dwarf star, neutron star, or bla
Credit: Michael Owen, John Blondin (North Carolina State Univ.)
Explanation: Don't be fooled by the familiar symmetry. The graceful spiral structure seen
in this computer visualization does not portray winding spiral arms in a distant galaxy of
stars. Instead, the graphic shows spiral shock waves in a three dimensional simulation of an
accretion disk -- material swirling onto a compact central object that could represent a white
dwarf star, neutron star, or bla