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