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Physicists send supersonic shock waves rippling through a lab

John Smith 19 Gold badge
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Excellent work.

M12 work typically involves using shock tubes, giving such flows for less << 1 sec.

This is intriguing given the very low densities of the gases and plasma involved. In the universe these phenomena cover huge volumes of space so being able to model them in more detail, (like how they grow, what can make them shrink etc) should improve our understanding quite a lot.

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