New simulation methods to visualise quantum effects in superfluid fermions

What exactly happens inside neutron stars – the final stage of a giant star – is subject to speculation. In terms of physics, the interiors of neutron stars, cold atomic gasses and nuclear systems all have one thing in common: they are gaseous systems made up of highly interactive, superfluid fermions. Researchers fed the supercomputer Piz Daint with a new simulation method, and the results are finally offering insight into unknown processes of such systems.