PIRA 8C20.00 BLACK HOLES

DCS #DEMONSTRATIONREFERENCEABSTRACT
8C20.00Black Holes
8C20.10black hole surfacePIRA 1000
8C20.10black hole surface8C20.10A large fiberglass black hole potential surface from some museum in Philly.
8C20.20membrane tablePIRA 500
8C20.20membrane table8C20.20Swimsuit fabric stretched over a wood frame is deformed with a weight and balls are rolled around.
8C20.40gravitational lensPIRA 500
8C20.40gravitational lens8C20.40A machined plexiglass lens bends light like a black hole.
8C20.40gravitational lensAJP 48(10),883An equation is developed for constructing a plexiglass lens.
8C20.40gravitational lensAJP 37(1),103Directions for constructing a gravitational lens simulator from plexiglass Ref: Phys.Rev. 133, B835 (1964).
8C20.40gravitational lensAJP 49(7),652A plastic lens that bends light the same way a black hole does. Theory and directions for construction a lens.
8C20.45galactic lensPIRA 500
8C20.45galactic lens8C20.45Same as AJP 51(9),860.
8C20.45galactic lensAJP 51(9),860A machined plexiglass lens bends light like an extended mass distribution.

ReferenceDescription
M-1Sutton
Ma-1Freier & Anderson
M-1dHilton
8-2.8Meiners
1A12.01University of Minnesota Handbook
AJP 52(1),85American Journal of Physics
TPT 15(5),300The Physics Teacher
Disc 01-01The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations

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