Visualization Showcase: General-Relativistic Black Hole Visualization

dc.contributor.authorMüller, Thomasen_US
dc.contributor.authorBoblest, Sebastianen_US
dc.contributor.authorWeiskopf, Danielen_US
dc.contributor.editorC. Dachsbacher and P. Navrátilen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-24T19:41:09Z
dc.date.available2015-05-24T19:41:09Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractBlack holes are among the most fascinating and weird objects in the universe. They distort space and time in their close neighborhood in a way that is far beyond our every day experience. We demonstrate the visual effects of this curved spacetime by means of four-dimensional nonlinear ray tracing applied to an accretion disk around a spinning black hole and a sphere oscillating between two static, charged black holes. We discuss how visualization helps predict and communicate the interesting effects of general relativity, in particular, its geometric effects on light propagation. The nonlinear behavior of light propagation leads to a compute-intensive rendering process; we report on our experiences with highly parallel rendering in this context.en_US
dc.description.sectionheadersEfficient Representationsen_US
dc.description.seriesinformationEurographics Symposium on Parallel Graphics and Visualizationen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.2312/pgv.20151152en_US
dc.identifier.pages29-32en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.2312/pgv.20151152en_US
dc.publisherThe Eurographics Associationen_US
dc.subjectI.3.3 [Computer Graphics]en_US
dc.subjectPicture/Image Generationen_US
dc.subjectLine and curve generationen_US
dc.titleVisualization Showcase: General-Relativistic Black Hole Visualizationen_US
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