Worldlines

3D visualization of particle paths
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  • Tyler Florez
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Worldlines is an application built for interactive visualization of Special Relativity. The program presents particle paths in a 3D slice (2 space + 1 time) of the 4D Minkowski spacetime. The displayed coordinate space can be changed between the world frame and the frame of a “target” particle by toggling the space and time components of the Lorentz transformation for the currently targeted frame. Scenarios and phenomena presented include the twin paradox (time dilation), length contraction and Bell's spaceship paradox. Graphical elements include particle paths, coordinate axes, simultaneity planes and their particle intersections, pulsing clocks, and clock tick history. Scripted and free-exploration modes are available, with a focus on intuitive controls for accelerating to, and steering near, light speed.


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