“Evolution of the Universe: Large-scale Structure and Galaxy Formation” by Cox, Levy and Patterson
Conference:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Track:
- 36
Title:
- Evolution of the Universe: Large-scale Structure and Galaxy Formation
Length:
- 1:06
Director(s):
Company / Institution / Agency:
- PBS
Description:
A visual excerpt from the PBS HDTV production: “Runaway Universe”, courtesy NOVA/WGBH, PBS, and Tom Lucas Productions. The adaptive mesh refinement simulation grid automatically refines into subgrids to develop small-scale features, generating over half a terabyte of data. We see gravitation forming nested hierarchies that vary by many orders of magnitude. Tiny fluctuations in the density of the early universe are amplified into a network of interconnected filaments. Condensing gas clouds give birth to new stars and merge into whirling galaxies that congregate, collide, and interact in a fiery cosmic dance.
Additional Contributors:
Producers: TOM LUCAS (NOVA), DONNA COX (VISUALIZATION)
Cosmological adaptive mesh refinement simulation: MICHAEL NORMAN, BRIAN O’SHEA, GREG BRYAN (Grand Challenge Cosmology Consortium)
