Visualizing Black Hole Spacetime

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Discipline: Astronomy, Astrophysics
Date: 7/27/92
Version: 1
Main Use: Science Presentation
Researchers: Anninos, Peter; Bernstein, David; Hobill, David; Seidel, Edward; Smarr, Larry; NCSA
Visualization: Bajuk, Mark
Other Producers
Software: Wavefront Technologies & Inhouse Visualization Software
Description

The simulations are of two different physical systems. First a single black hole spacetime is distorted by placing a gravitational wave in its vicinity. We animate the apparent horizon history (embedding diagram and gaussian curvature) and the emitted gravitational radiation. The second case is that of the head-on collision of two equal mass black holes. Here, we just animate the apparent horizon evolution.

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