Orbiting Black Hole Magnetohydrodynamics

Project Profile

Magnetohydrodynamic simulation of two orbiting blackholes done on the Blue Waters supercomputer. Visualization focused on the behavior of the field lines emanating from above the poles and how the orbits affected the particle density.

Research

Scott Noble, University of Tulsa

Visualization

Mark Van Moer, Senior Visualization Programmer (Blue Waters Visualization)

Software

ParaView, vtkpython

Gallery

Simulation of a gravitating black hole in a circular rotation
Simulation graphic of a rotating black hole with white lines indicating air flow and magnitude
Simulation of a symmetrical black hole that glows in white, orange, and red on a black background
Visualization of orbiting black hole magnetohydrodynamics colorized with yellow, pink, and purple ripple-like effects from three objects with a B Magnitude key. The values are highest around the orbiting objects
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