Pulsating Science - A 3D Binary Pulsar Simulation
Explore the Doppler effect in a binary pulsar system by downloading "Pulsating Science", an interactive 3D visualisation software. Generate, view, and modify binary pulsar systems and their radio pulsations. The picture on the right shows a screenshot from this interactive simulation.
Follow the links below to get started and download an executable for your system (3D graphics drivers required):
If you experience problems running the executables above and/or have the Qt runtime libraries (version 4.7 or later, MinGW edition when using Windows) already installed on your system, please follow the links below to download an executable for your system:
- Microsoft Windows (XP/Vista/7, 32 bit, MinGW)
- Apple Mac OS X (Intel, 32 bit)
- GNU/Linux (Intel, 32 bit)
The source code is licensed under the GNU General Public License (version 3) and is available via git using the following clone URL: