Xnbody: an online visualization tool for nbody6++
Xnbody is an online visualization tool designed for the direct N-body code nbody6++. The main application areas of nbody6++ include star cluster simulations, planetary dynamics, models of active galactic nuclei containing black holes and others. With Xnbody, it is now possible to visualize the internal dynamical evolution of stellar systems like globular clusters on time scales of the order of the relaxation time. In particular, one can trace orbits of individual stars using a buffering mechanism and employ different color schemes i.e. coloring by mass, velocity, force, jerk and other attributes. In addition, we are able to visualize the orbital evolution of star clusters which are subject to dynamical friction in corresponding galaxy models and tidal effects as well. Xnbody is based on the class libraries Qt and VTK and makes use of the coupling library VISIT, which has been developed at the Research Center Juelich.
Graphical user interface of Xnbody. About 1000 stars are visualized,
colored by their velocity
Further informations:
-> Concepts of Xnbody
-> Using Xnbody
-> Screenshots and Movies
-> Download and Install
-> Installing nbody6++ with Xnbody/VISIT support
-> Configuring VISIT
-> Installing a SEAP server
Contact: xnbody.zam@kfa-juelich.de
WWW: http://www.fz-juelich.de/jsc/xnbody
last change 19.09.2005 |
Sonja Dominiczak | Print