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We compare experimental data and numerical simulations for the dynamics of inertial particles with finite density in turbulence. In the experiment, bubbles and solid particles are optically tracked in a turbulent flow of water using an…
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We present 3D Newtonian simulations of the coalescence of two neutron stars, using a Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) code. We begin the simulations with the two stars in a hard, circular binary, and have them spiral together as…
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Time-dependent cooling processes are of paramount importance in the evolution of astrophysical gaseous nebulae and, in particular, when radiative shocks are present. The present work introduces a necessary set of tools that can be used to…
Simulation of the cosmic clustering of massive neutrinos is a daunting task, due both to their large velocity dispersion and to their weak clustering power becoming swamped by Poisson shot noise. We present a new approach, the multi-fluid…
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