This MQP used FANTASY, a prebuilt symplectic geodesic integrator for the purposes of studying complex spacetimes, to compute the paths of light rays under Schwartzschild and Kerr metrics in order to ray cast renderings of black holes. It outlines the code built in order to interface with FANTASY and generate first-person POV renderings of these black holes using any environment image chosen. The resulting images are studied in order to show known phenomena such as Einstein rings to show the code's accuracy.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Luksha, William

Subject

• Innovation
• Industry
• Computing

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 112705
• E-project-081123-203127

Keyword

• Python
• Geodesics
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Black Holes
• Simulation

Advisor

• Iannacchione, Germano S.
• Sanguinet, William C.

Year

• 2023

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not Specified

Date created

• 2023-08-11

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Physics

Source

• E-project-081123-203127

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-08-22