To Visualise The Black Hole In Interstellar, The VFX Team Collaborated With Theoretical Physicist Kip

To Visualise The Black Hole In Interstellar, The VFX Team Collaborated With Theoretical Physicist Kip
To Visualise The Black Hole In Interstellar, The VFX Team Collaborated With Theoretical Physicist Kip

To visualise the black hole in Interstellar, the VFX team collaborated with theoretical physicist Kip Thorne to solve the equations for propagation of light around a spinning black hole. The shape is due to way light is lensed (deflected) by the strong gravitational field of the black hole. The asymmetry is caused by the relativistic time dilation near the event horizon.

The top image shows the black hole in the movie. The bottom image is a more accurate visualisation taking into account Doppler and gravitational frequency shifts. This was considered too confusing for the audience. They also slowed the black hole’s spin down from that required to explain the time dilation experienced in the movie, to make the black hole appear less asymmetric.

The are releasing two papers on their work, the first of which is available in preprint on arXiv.

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