Simulation of X-Ray Luminosity

This movie illustrates a "fly-through" of X-ray luminosity structure generated in a supercomputer simulation run in a cube 500 million light years on a side. It is the view of an X-ray telescope and red corresponds to clusters of hot X-ray gas. X-rays are only emitted when the gas temperature exceeds a million K.

This simulation uses a mixture of hot and cold dark matter. Here are further details of the calculation. Usage: Click "Play" to begin. Click "Stop" to pause. "Step" moves forward one frame, and "Back" moves backwards one frame. "Home" returns to the beginning.