Turbulent structures (IMAGE)

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

Turbulent structures

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Complex flow patterns develop in the interiors of rapidly rotating stars. An international research team has now experimentally demonstrated for the first time a flow state characteristic of such celestial bodies. The artistic visualization shows a star characterized by turbulent structures.

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B. Schröder/HZDR

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