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Numrel Vis

Visualization in Numerical Relativity

Description

Numerical Relativity deals essentially with the numerical solution of Einstein's field equations for General Relativity. This includes the investigation of black holes, neutron stars, gravitational waves and relativistic hydrodynamics. Outputs of these numerical simulations are scalar, vector and tensor fields. There are many methods for the analysis and visualization of such scalar, vector and tensor fields, but many of them make assumptions that are valid only in a non-relativistic regime. The aim of this project is the development of new methods for the analysis and visualization of relativistic scalar, vector and tensor fields. Further information is available in the detailed project description.

Members

Valentin Zobel
Ingrid Hotz
Hans-Christian Hege

Responsible

Partners

Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Workgroup Numerical Relativity (headed by Luciano Rezzolla)

Funding

Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics / Zuse Institute Berlin (11/2011 – 10/2012)
Zuse Institute Berlin (11/2012 – 12/2013)

Duration

11/2011 – 12/2013

Previous Work

  • Valentin Zobel, Jan Reiningshaus, Ingrid Hotz. Visualization of Two-Dimensional Symmetric Tensor Fields Using the Heat Kernel Signature. Topological Methods in Data Analysis and Visualization III, 2013.
  • Cornelia Auer, Jaya Sreevalsan-Nair, Valentin Zobel, Ingrid Hotz. 2D Tensor Field Segmentation. Scientific Visualization: Interactions, Features, Metaphors, Hans Hagen (Ed.), Vol. 2, p. 17–35, Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2009.