Speaker
Christopher Matzner
(University of Toronto)
Description
In stellar explosions, shock emergence is crucial for the creation of
high-energy transients, as it produces both a photon flash and the
highest-velocity ejecta. An exception are the oblique shocks in
compact, aspherical supernovae, which fail to emit light or fast
ejecta. But because the same explosions produce relativistic flows, a
key question is how a relativistic outflow transitions to a oblique
one. I will diagnose this question by choosing some useful limits
that admit self-similar solutions.
Author
Christopher Matzner
(University of Toronto)
