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Radial profiles of density, angular momentum, a...

Radial profiles of density, angular momentum, and magnetic fields across 120 MESA models...

Ho-Sang Chan et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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(a) Spacetime diagram of the mass-weighted aver...

(a) Spacetime diagram of the mass-weighted average of the inverse toroidal plasma beta (...

Ho-Sang Chan et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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Time series of all models showing horizon-penet...

Time series of all models showing horizon-penetrating magnetic flux (a), jet power (b), ...

Ho-Sang Chan et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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The spacetime diagram of the magnetic-flux func...

The spacetime diagram of the magnetic-flux function Φ evaluated on the midplane. For mod...

Ho-Sang Chan et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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Density maps (with magnetic-field lines overlai...

Density maps (with magnetic-field lines overlaid) in the x–z plane for all models (excep...

Ho-Sang Chan et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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(a) Mesh-block distributions for a range of plo...

(a) Mesh-block distributions for a range of plotting extents. The gray circle marks the ...

Ho-Sang Chan et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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Panel (a): time-averaged (solid blue line) prof...

Panel (a): time-averaged (solid blue line) profile of the collapsar-disk scale height me...

Ho-Sang Chan et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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Same as Figure 3, but showing the 3D volume ren...

Same as Figure 3, but showing the 3D volume rendering of the rest-mass density on a log1...

Ho-Sang Chan et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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Ratio of specific angular momentum to the ISCO ...

Ratio of specific angular momentum to the ISCO value as a function of mass coordinate. T...

Ho-Sang Chan et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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(a) Density snapshot in the x–z plane at Φ = 0∘...

(a) Density snapshot in the x–z plane at Φ = 0∘, with contours of the magnetic-flux func...

Ho-Sang Chan et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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Spacetime diagram of the azimuthally averaged t...

Spacetime diagram of the azimuthally averaged toroidal magnetic field (...

Ho-Sang Chan et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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Progression of two example simulated collisions...

Progression of two example simulated collisions. Instantaneous phase (solid, mixed solid...

Philip J. Carter and Zoë M. Leinhardt, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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Progression of four example simulated collision...

Progression of four example simulated collisions showing materials. Materials and proven...

Philip J. Carter and Zoë M. Leinhardt, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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Progression of example simulated accretion coll...

Progression of example simulated accretion collision. Instantaneous phase (top left: sol...

Philip J. Carter and Zoë M. Leinhardt, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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Progression of example simulated erosive collis...

Progression of example simulated erosive collision. Instantaneous phase (top left: solid...

Philip J. Carter and Zoë M. Leinhardt, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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Progression of example simulated mildly erosive...

Progression of example simulated mildly erosive collision. Instantaneous phase (top left...

Philip J. Carter and Zoë M. Leinhardt, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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Progression of example simulated hit-and-run co...

Progression of example simulated hit-and-run collision. Instantaneous phase (top left: s...

Philip J. Carter and Zoë M. Leinhardt, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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The observed extreme debris disks require plane...

The observed extreme debris disks require planet-mass collisions. Minimum target mass ne...

Philip J. Carter and Zoë M. Leinhardt, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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Progression of two more example simulated colli...

Progression of two more example simulated collisions. Instantaneous phase (solid, mixed ...

Philip J. Carter and Zoë M. Leinhardt, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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The mass of vaporized ejecta scales with the mo...

The mass of vaporized ejecta scales with the modified kinetic energy of the collision. M...

Philip J. Carter and Zoë M. Leinhardt, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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The vapor fraction of ejecta calculated after d...

The vapor fraction of ejecta calculated after decompression is generally lower than at t...

Philip J. Carter and Zoë M. Leinhardt, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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The fractional mass of ejecta scales with the s...

The fractional mass of ejecta scales with the specific energy of the collision. Mass of ...

Philip J. Carter and Zoë M. Leinhardt, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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The fractional mass of vaporized ejecta scales ...

The fractional mass of vaporized ejecta scales with modified specific impact energy. Mas...

Philip J. Carter and Zoë M. Leinhardt, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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The vapor fraction of ejecta shows no clear tre...

The vapor fraction of ejecta shows no clear trend with impact parameters. Mass of vapori...

Philip J. Carter and Zoë M. Leinhardt, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1007 2

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The eight spectra observed in the period of 201...

The eight spectra observed in the period of 2017 October 21–2017 November 22 and the flu...

Alok C. Gupta et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 286 1

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