Com Padre Digital Library: Open Source Physics: General Relativity (Gr) Package

This site from Open Source Physics offers a file with a simulation of Kepler's theory of planetary motion, tested with the Earth rotating around the sun and another planet of the user's choosing. The download requires Java.

Visualization that uses the Schwarzschild metric, showing the orbit light travels near a black hole.

A representation of Minkowski spacetime diagrams using graph paper that is rotated, showing the world lines of three stationary observers with light clocks.

The path of cannonballs fired near a black hole are computed using the Schwarzschild metric and presented in this visualization, allowing for study of the theory of general relativity. The cannon's angle and the number and speed of the...

Manipulate variables in order to observe the effects of relative motion on events such as an explosion and the time at which its light signal reaches a destination.

Simulation examining simultaneity and causality in special relativity by manipulating the space and time coordinates of one or two events.

A simulation that permits exploration of a standing wave inside a pipe that can be open or closed at either end. The user can adjust the number of wave nodes.

What's wrong with this model? Students expect simulations to show factual science concepts, but these particular simulations are intentionally built incorrectly. The objective is to find where the physics concerning electric fields is...

Consider general relativity with this simulation using Kerr metric of orbits in an equatorial plane near a rotating black hole.

Take a look at general relativity with this science simulation illustrating orbits of objects that are the result of an explosion near a black hole measured in Schwarzschild metric. Users are able to adjust the energy from the exploding...