Black Holes

On Wednesday, June 29, astrophysicist Charles Gammie who's s visiting professor of theoretical astrophysics at UCSB, brought images and animations that illustrate how black holes behave. The supercomputer simulations showed fascinating fractal-like clouds of stars being sucked into black holes in clouds of turbulence. There was a brief presentation, lots of cool questions and the usual Fishbon Event Lab craziness. Charles promised to make animations available and plans are already underway for ways to use the images in future experiential event projects. To find out more about Charles and his research, check out his website at:
http://www.astro.uiuc.edu/~gammie/
for simulations check out: http://rainman.astro.uiuc.edu/ddr/index.html