Visualization of the GW190412 event based on a simulation by the SXS collaboration
- Document #:
- LIGO-G2000575-v5
- Document type:
- G - Presentations (eg Graphics)
Other Versions:
| LIGO-G2000575-v4
20 Apr 2020, 00:30 |
- Abstract:
- Title of video:
Numerical simulation of a black-hole binary merger with asymmetric masses and orbital precession (GW190412)
Caption of video:
Numerical simulation of two black holes that inspiral and merge, emitting gravitational waves. One black hole is 3.5x more massive than the other and spins, which makes the orbit precess. The simulated gravitational wave signal is consistent with the observation made by the LIGO and Virgo gravitational wave detectors on April 12th, 2019 (GW190412).
Details on the visualization:
- The „apparent horizon“ of the black holes in the simulation are shown in black. At 1:09 the simulation finds an enveloping apparent horizon that signals the two black holes have merged.
- The coloring on the horizons represents their deformation. Specifically, it shows the two-dimensional Ricci scalar on the surface. White arrows indicate the direction of the black hole’s spin.
- The gravitational radiation is translated to colors around the black holes. The colors transition from blue, representing weak radiation, to red, representing strong radiation. Specifically, the coloring represents the real part of the gravitational wave strain with its inverse radial scaling removed for visualization. The strain is computed from the simulation’s extrapolated waveform, which is shown at the bottom of the screen. Credit: N. Fischer, H. Pfeiffer, S. Ossokine, A. Buonanno (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics), Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes (SXS) Collaboration. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4980984
- Files in Document:
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- Movie without extra visuals (GW190412_clean.mp4, 97.0 MB)
- Other Files:
- Closeup near merger (frame 3) (CloseupSlowdownNoTail_frame.000003_watermarked.png, 7.5 MB)
- Closeup near merger with spin arrows and orbit (frame 3) (CloseupSlowdownWithSpins_frame.000003_watermarked.png, 7.7 MB)
- Merger (Merger_frame_watermarked.png, 9.7 MB)
- Merger face-on (FaceOnMerger_frame_watermarked.png, 10.4 MB)
- Movie with spin arrows and horizon coloring (GW190412_with_spin.mp4, 97.0 MB)
- Panorama (frame 17) (PanoramaNoTail_frame.000017_watermarked.png, 2.9 MB)
- Panorama (frame 28) (PanoramaNoTail_frame.000028_watermarked.png, 3.3 MB)
- Panorama (frame 31) (PanoramaNoTail_frame.000031_watermarked.png, 4.0 MB)
- Panorama (frame 32) (PanoramaNoTail_frame.000032_watermarked.png, 4.2 MB)
- Panorama at intermediate distance (frame 16) (IntermediatePanoramaNoTail_frame.000016_watermarked.png, 5.9 MB)
- Panorama at intermediate distance (frame 28) (IntermediatePanoramaNoTail_frame.000028_watermarked.png, 7.6 MB)
- Panorama face-on at intermediate distance (frame 20) (FaceOnIntermediateNoTail_frame.000020_watermarked.png, 7.8 MB)
- Panorama with large radial scale (frame 23) (PanoramaLargeScaleNoTail_frame.000023_watermarked.png, 2.5 MB)
- Panorama with large radial scale (frame 27) (PanoramaLargeScaleNoTail_frame.000027_watermarked.png, 2.8 MB)
- Panorama with large radial scale (frame 30) (PanoramaLargeScaleNoTail_frame.000030_watermarked.png, 3.3 MB)
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- Notes and Changes:
- Fix the transparency channel of the still images