Visualizing astrophysical N-body systems
Open Access
- 1 December 2008
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in New Journal of Physics
- Vol. 10 (12)
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/10/12/125002
Abstract
I begin with a brief history ofN-body simulation and visualization and then go on to describe various methods for creating images and animations of modern simulations in cosmology and galactic dynamics. These techniques are incorporated into a specialized particle visualization software library called MYRIAD that is designed to render images within large parallelN-body simulations as they run. I present several case studies that explore the application of these methods to animations in star clusters, interacting galaxies and cosmological structure formation.Keywords
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