Figure 5 from A Magnetized, Moon-forming Giant Impact

Image Details

View Article Bookmark & Share

Choose export citation format:

Export Citation

Hi-Resolution Export to PDF PPT Format

A Magnetized, Moon-forming Giant Impact

Authors: P. D. Mullen, and C. F. Gammie

2020 The Astrophysical Journal Letters 903 L15.

Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Figure 5.

Vorticity magnitude in the protolunar disk midplane at ∼180 hr post-impact for models with linear resolution Δx ≃ 175 km and initial field strengths (a) B₀ ≃ 1 μG and (b) B₀ ≃ 1 kG. Evidently the weak field model is nearly laminar, while the strong field model is turbulent.

Other Images in This Article

Copyright and Terms & Conditions