written by Wolfgang Christian, Mario Belloni, and Anne Cox
educational validator: Bethany Zach

The GR Schwarzschild Particle Rate program simulates orbits of objects around a black hole using the Schwarzschild metric.  It displays data on the position and local time of the orbiter as well as a plot of the effective potential well in which the orbiting particle resides. The default configuration is a circular orbit.

GR Schwarzschild Particle Rate is part of a suite of Open Source Physics programs that model aspects of General Relativity. It is distributed as a ready-to-run (compiled) Java archive.Double clicking the gr_schwarzschild_particle_rate.jar file will run the program if Java is installed. Other programs provide additional visualizations.  They can be found by searching ComPADRE for Open Source Physics, OSP, or General Relativity.

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A pdf document that briefly describes the GR Schwarzschild program. It describes how to use the gr_schwarzschild_particle_rate.jar file and contains short tutorial exercises for use with the gr_schwarzschild_particle_rate.jar file.

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Published May 23, 2008
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The materials distributed in this zip file are in support of the GR Schwarzschild Particle Rate program. This distribution contains the GR Schwarzschild Particle Rate program, documentation, and exercises.

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Published May 23, 2008
Last Modified May 23, 2008