Scientific Visualization in Numerical Astrophysics and Cosmology

Three-dimensional movies of the birth of the first stars in the Universe are just some of the stunning visuals at the Schwob Computing and Information Center, a resource at KIPAC's Computational Physics Department. The visualizations are based on large-scale computer simulations that model complex astrophysical and cosmological processes. In his presentation, Dr. Kaehler will describe the role of scientific visualization in cosmological research, explain how he develops and employs state-of-the-art computer graphics techniques to produce the visualizations, and show many examples of images and animations resulting from the work done at KIPAC.

Speaker: Dr. Ralf Kaehler, Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology