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How computers can help us in creating an intuitive access to relativity

Hanns Ruder et al 2008 New J. Phys. 10 125014 (22pp)   doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/10/12/125014  Help

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Hanns Ruder1, Daniel Weiskopf2, Hans-Peter Nollert1 and Thomas Müller2
1 Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, 72076 Tübingen, Germany
2 VISUS (Visualization Research Center), Universität Stuttgart, Nobelstr. 15, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
E-mail: nollert@tat.physik.uni-tuebingen.de

Part of Focus on Visualization in Physics

Abstract. Computers have added many new possibilities to the tool box used for visualizing science in general and relativity in particular. We present some new results from our own work: (2+1) dimensional Minkowski diagrams showing two spatial dimensions, extended wormhole visualization, and the illustration of accretion discs by using the approximation via a rigidly rotating disc of dust. We also discuss some related examples from our earlier work, such as interactive and immersive visualization, or the visualization of the warp drive metric.

Received 13 August 2008
Published 1 December 2008

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