Visualization of a black hole scattering and capture event

A visualization I created in 2024 with Python and ParaView, published under the MIT license.

Rendering of a simulation with two black holes that scatter and then merge, emitting gravitational waves.


From README.md in the nilsvu/bbh-capture-movie GitHub repository:

Visualization of a black hole scattering and capture orbit

Numerical simulation of two black holes that scatter and then merge, emitting gravitational waves. Simulation with the SpEC code and wave extraction with the SpECTRE code by Oliver Long.

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