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Institut für Visualisierung und Interaktive Systeme

Thomas Müller

 

Dr. Thomas Müller
Diplom-Physiker

Visualisierungsinstitut der Universität Stuttgart (VISUS)
Nobelstrasse 15
70569 Stuttgart
Tel: +49 (0)711 7816-306
Fax: +49 (0)711 7816-213
E-mail: Thomas.Muellervis.uni-stuttgart.de
Raum: TTI / 0.61B




   Research     

Special-relativistic visualization


General-relativistic visualization


Applications for physics education


Other visualizations...



Mathematica demonstrations:

Clicking on the thumbnail brings you to the Mathematica Demonstrations web site.
Parameters for Plotting a Quartic
... based on the article by R.W.D. Nickalls,
The Quartic Equation: Invariants and Euler's Solution Revealed.
Uniform Acceleration within Special Relativity
... based on the article by Müller et al.,
A trip to the end of the universe and the twin paradox.

There is also a JAVA applet available.
Parameters for Plotting a Cubic Polynomial
Mathematica notebook with input fields.
... based on the article by R.W.D. Nickalls,
A new approach to solving the cubic: Cardan's solution revealed.
The Alcubierre Warp Drive
... based on the article by M. Alcubierre,
The warp drive: hyper-fast travel within general relativity.


   Supervised Theses     
   Publications     
2009

T. Müller, F. Grave
An updated version of the Motion4D library
to be published in Computer Physics Communications
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2009.10.021

Some more information can be found here.


Frank Grave, Michael Buser, Thomas Müller, Günter Wunner, Wolfgang P. Schleich
The Gödel universe: Exact geometrical optics and analytical investigations on motion
Physical Review D 80, 103002 (2009).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.80.103002


T. Müller, D. Weiskopf
Distortion of the stellar sky by a Schwarzschild black hole
to be published in the American Journal of Physics


T. Müller, F. Grave
GeodesicViewer - A tool for exploring geodesics in the theory of relativity
to be published in Computer Physics Communications
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2009.10.010

Some more information can be found here.


T. Müller, F. Grave
Motion4D - A library for lightrays and timelike worldlines in the theory of relativity
Computer Physics Communications 180, 2355-2360 (2009)
DOI: 10.1016/j.cpc.2009.07.014

Some more information can be found here.


T. Müller, F. Grave
Catalogue of Spacetimes
arXiv:0904.4184v2 [gr-qc]

Some more information can be found here.


F. Grave, T. Müller, C. Dachsbacher, G. Wunner
The Gödel Engine - An interactive approach to visualization in general relativity.
Computer Graphics Forum (Proc. Eurovis 09), Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 807--814
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8659.2009.01470.x

N. Hamaus, T. Paumard, T. Müller, S. Gillessen, F. Eisenhauer, S. Trippe, and R. Genzel
Prospects for testing the nature of Sgr A*'s NIR flares on the basis of current VLT- and future VLTI-observations
The Astrophysical Journal 692, 902-916 (2009).
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/692/1/902
Preprint: arXiv:0810.4947

2008
T. Müller
Analytic observation of a star orbiting a Schwarzschild black hole
General Relativity and Gravitation 41, 541-558 (2009).
DOI: 10.1007/s10714-008-0683-8 (online first, 2008)

T. Müller
Einstein rings as a tool for estimating distances and the mass of a Schwarzschild black hole
Physical Review D 77, 124042 (2008)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.77.124042
Reprint: PDF

T. Müller
Falling into a Schwarzschild black hole - Geometric aspects
General Relativity and Gravitation 40, 2185-2199 (2008).
DOI: 10.1007/s10714-008-0623-7

T. Müller
Exact geometric optics in a Morris-Thorne wormhole spacetime
Physical Review D 77, 044043 (2008).
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.77.044043
Reprint: PDF

T. Müller, A. King, D. Adis
A trip to the end of the universe and the twin paradox
American Journal of Physics 76, 360-373 (2008).
DOI: 10.1119/1.2830528
Reprint: PDF

The JAVA applets and a short introduction can be found here.
2007
F. Grave, T. Müller, G. Wunner, T. Ertl, M. Buser, W. Schleich
Visualization of the Gödel Spacetime.
Proceedings of the 4th High-End Visualization Workshop, 2007
2006
H. Ruder, H.-P. Nollert, T. Müller, M. Borchers
Visualization of relativistic effects
Proceedings of the 11th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, 2006

T. Paumard, T. Müller, R. Genzel, F. Eisenhauer and S. Gillessen
Observing the flares of Sgr A* with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer
Proceedings of the 11th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, 2006

F. Grave, F. Frutos-Alfaro, T. Müller, D. Adis
Wave fronts in General Relativity Theory
Proceedings of the 11th Marcel Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity, 2006

D.Weiskopf, Sonja Bär, Marc Borchers, Thomas Ertl, Martin Falk, Oliver Fechtig, Regine Frank, Frank Grave, Peter Jezler, Andreas King, Ute Kraus, Thomas Müller, Hans-Peter Nollert, Isabel Rica Mendez, Hanns Ruder, Tobias Schafhitzel, Corvin Zahn, Michael Zatloukal.
Explanatory and Illustrative Visualization of Special and General Relativity.
In IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2006
2005
D. Weiskopf, Marc Borchers, Thomas Ertl, Martin Falk, Oliver Fechtig, Regine Frank, Frank Grave, Andreas King, Ute Kraus, Thomas Müller, Hans-Peter Nollert, Isabel Rica Mendez, Hanns Ruder, Tobias Schafhitzel, Sonja Schär, Corvin Zahn, Michael Zatloukal.
Visualization in the Einstein Year 2005: A Case Study on Explanatory and Illustrative Visualization of Relativity and Astrophysics.
IEEE Visualization 2005 Proceedings, October 2005

T. Paumard, G. Perrin, A. Eckart, R. Genzel, P. L'ena2, R. Schödel, F. Eisenhauer, T. Müller, S. Gillessen
Scientific Prospects for VLTI in the Galactic Centre: Getting to the Schwarzschild Radius
Astron. Nachr. 326 (2005), 568
2004
T. Müller.
Visual appearance of a Morris-Thorne-Wormhole.
American Journal of Physics 72, 1045-1050 (2004).
DOI: 10.1119/1.1758220

Additional material: EPAPS: E-AJPIAS-72-014407


   Diploma und PhD theses     
Dissertation:
Visualisierung in der Relativitätstheorie

Diplomarbeit:
Gravitation und Quantentheorie - Einige Aspekte der Unvereinbarkeit beider Theorien