File:Maya-NR-Simulation-with-Waveform-frame788.png

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file(1,920 × 1,090 pixels, file size: 1.51 MB, MIME type: image/png)

Captions

Captions

Numerical relativity simulation of the GW190521 merger

Summary[edit]

Description
English: Spacetime ripples from the most massive binary black hole merger ever observed. The video shows the evolution of the black holes and emitted gravitational waves, as predicted by Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. The arrows indicate how fast these black holes are spinning.
Date
Source https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/video/ligo20200902v2 (frame taken from video)
Author Deborah Ferguson, Karan Jani, Deirdre Shoemaker, Pablo Laguna, Georgia Tech, MAYA Collaboration

Licensing[edit]

w:en:Creative Commons
attribution share alike
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
  • share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current20:32, 13 February 2021Thumbnail for version as of 20:32, 13 February 20211,920 × 1,090 (1.51 MB)MikeRun (talk | contribs)Uploaded a work by Deborah Ferguson, Karan Jani, Deirdre Shoemaker, Pablo Laguna, Georgia Tech, MAYA Collaboration from https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/video/ligo20200902v2 (frame taken from video) with UploadWizard