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An explosion of sound

Astrophysicists have proposed that sound waves could drive some of the largest explosions in the Universe. The emerging field of gravitational-wave astronomy might provide a means to listen in.

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Figure 1: The acoustic mechanism for core-collapse supernova explosions.

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Creighton, T. An explosion of sound. Nature Phys 2, 581–582 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys387

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