Velocity map of dissipation induced plumes



Flow patterns in Model 14A at 9.48 s on a larger scale (50000 km). This figure shows, for a calculation in which no neutrino energy deposition was included, powerful outflows still developing with speeds exceeding 40,000 km/s and moving outwards at approximately 15 to 40 degrees off axis. As they approach the surface (not shown) the velocity increases and mildly relativistic mass ejection may occur. These outflows are absent in Model 14B with a low disk viscosity. The black regions are still accreting and continue to feed the accretion disk and black hole.

Above picture: Gzipped Postscript



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Andrew MacFadyen- andrew@ucolick.org - October 20, 1998

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Lick Observatory and Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
UC Santa Cruz, CA 95064, U.S.A.