Stereoscopic visualization in curved spacetime: seeing deep inside a black hole

被引:18
作者
Hamilton, Andrew J. S. [1 ,2 ]
Polhemus, Gavin [1 ,3 ]
机构
[1] U Colorado, Joint Inst Lab Astrophys, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[2] U Colorado, Dept Astrophys & Planetary Sci, Boulder, CO 80309 USA
[3] Poudre High Sch, Ft Collins, CO 80521 USA
来源
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS | 2010年 / 12卷
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
GALACTIC-CENTER; MASS POINT; FIELD;
D O I
10.1088/1367-2630/12/12/123027
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Stereoscopic visualization adds an additional dimension to the viewer's experience, giving them a sense of distance. In a general relativistic visualization, distance can be measured in a variety of ways. We argue that the affine distance, which matches the usual notion of distance in flat spacetime, is a natural distance to use in curved spacetime. As an example, we apply affine distance to the visualization of the interior of a black hole. Affine distance is not the distance perceived with normal binocular vision in curved spacetime. However, the failure of binocular vision is simply a limitation of animals that have evolved in flat spacetime, not a fundamental obstacle to depth perception in curved spacetime. Trinocular vision would provide superior depth perception.
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