CalTech Simulates Black Hole Collisions
July 6, 2010
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The CalTech and MIT-affiliated Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) have been making these films that simulate what would happen when certain cosmic occurrences take place.The following animations are each available under the general heading, "Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes: A Caltech-Cornell Project's Simulation of Black Holes and Other Extreme Spacetimes:"
Demo: Binary Orbit & Collision, Head-on Collision
Falling Spacetime
Gravitational Waves From a Pair of Black Holes
Gravitational Waves From a Pair of Black Holes
Precessing Black Hole-Neutron Star Merger
Merging Event Horizons
Again, visit this pageto view all of the above.Photo Credit: The image accompanying this post -- which is not part of the CalTech project -- was taken by Flickr user NASA Goddard Photo and Video. It was used under Creative Commons license.
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