Black hole visualization is a problem of raytracing over curved spacetimes. This paper discusses the physics of light in curved spacetimes, the geometry of black holes, and the appearance of objects as viewed through a relativistic camera (the Penrose-Terrell effect). It then discusses computational issues of how to generate images of black holes with a computer. A method of determining the most efficient series of steps to calculate the value of a mathematical expression is described and used to improve the speed of the program. The details of raytracing over curved spaces not covered by a single chart are described. A method of generating images of several black holes in the same spacetime is discussed. Finally, a series of images generated by these methods is given and interpreted. / text
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UTEXAS/oai:repositories.lib.utexas.edu:2152/ETD-UT-2010-05-1071 |
| Date | 25 October 2010 |
| Creators | Krawisz, Daniel Gregory |
| Source Sets | University of Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | thesis |
| Format | application/pdf |
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