W Kapferer and T Riser 2008 New J. Phys. 10 125008 doi:10.1088/1367-2630/10/12/125008
Visualization needs and techniques for astrophysical simulations
Focus on Visualization in PhysicsW Kapferer1,3 and T Riser2
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Numerical simulations have evolved continuously towards being an important field in astrophysics, equivalent to theory and observation. Due to the enormous developments in computer sciences, both hardware- and software-architecture, state-of-the-art simulations produce huge amounts of raw data with increasing complexity. In this paper some aspects of problems in the field of visualization in numerical astrophysics in combination with possible solutions are given. Commonly used visualization packages along with a newly developed approach to real-time visualization, incorporating shader programming to uncover the computational power of modern graphics cards, are presented. With these techniques at hand, real-time visualizations help scientists to understand the coherences in the results of their numerical simulations. Furthermore a fundamental problem in data analysis, i.e. coverage of metadata on how a visualization was created, is highlighted.
- PACS
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95.75.Pq Mathematical procedures and computer techniques
07.05.Rm Data presentation and visualization: algorithms and implementation
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Issue 12 (December 2008)
Received 31 March 2008
Published 1 December 2008
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Visualization needs and techniques for astrophysical simulations
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