I am a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Victoria, leading the Computational Stellar Astrophysics group. We harness high-performance computing to run 3D hydrodynamics simulations exploring stellar convection, internal gravity waves, and the nuclear origins of the elements.
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Vorticity (curl derivative of velocity) in a 25M⊙ 3D stellar hydrodynamics simulation. The central bright red region is the turbulent convective core. The blue regions are the stable radiative zone that is filled with internal gravity waves. This run (M115) along with several others are reported in: Herwig et al. 2023. 3D hydrodynamic simulations of massive main-sequence stars - I. Dynamics and mixing of convection and internal gravity waves. MNRAS. 525:1601.

More information on stellar hydrodynamics simulations can be found on our virtual research platform PPMstar.org hosted on the Digital Alliance cloud computing Arbutus machine operated by the University of Victoria Research Computing Services.

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