Building Black Holes: Supercomputer Cinema

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Jul 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988sci...241..421s&link_type=abstract

Science, Volume 241, Issue 4864, pp. 421-425

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A new computer code can solve Einstein's equations of general relativity for the dynamical evolution of a relativistic star cluster. The cluster may contain a large number of stars that move in a strong gravitational field at speeds approaching the speed of light. Unstable star clusters undergo catastrophic collapse to black holes. The collapse of an unstable cluster to a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy may explain the origin of quasars and active galactic nuclei. By means of a supercomputer simulation and color graphics, the whole process can be viewed in real time on a movie screen.

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