An Introduction to Supernovae - LUTH

● Looking into the heart of a core collapse supernova
● - through observations of neutrinos
● (up to now only SN1987A)
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● - through observations of gravitational waves
● (not yet occured! Would provide kind of Rosetta stone!)
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● - th ro u g h s im u la tio n s
● (a lre a d y a 4 0 y e a r e ffo rt ; e x tre m e ly c o m p le x &
● e x p e n s ive 6 D ra d ia tio n -h y d ro d y n a m ic s p ro b le m
● re q u irin g ~1 0 21 o p e ra tio n s / s im u la tio n
● o r ~1 C P U -y r @ 3 0 T e ra flo p / s im u la tio n )
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