visualizing accretion models near a Kerr black hole

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Daniel — 3/18/2006 5:34:04 AM (archived)

RAY TRACING IN THE KERR METRIC
Laura Book
Department of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801
ABSTRACT
The equations of motion for the propagation of photons in curved spacetime are applied to the
Kerr geometry to create a model of photon behavior near spinning, uncharged black holes. Photon
trajectories are traced back in time from a "detector" - a Cartesian grid of positions and momenta -
to their point of emission in the plane of a disk around a black hole. Pictures demonstrating the
relativistic effects of spacetime curvature on photon paths are presented and discussed.

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