from visual import * from time import clock import random # Stars interacting gravitationally # Program uses Numeric Python arrays for high speed computations win=1000 Nstars = 300 # change this to have more or fewer stars G = 6.7e-11 # Universal gravitational constant # Typical values Msun = 2E30 #1 solar mass, in kg Rsun = 1E10 #approx 7 solar radii Rtrail = 2e8 L = 4e11 vsun = 0.2*sqrt(G*Msun/Rsun) print """ Right button drag to rotate view. Left button drag up or down to move in or out. """ scene = display(title="Stars", width=win, height=win, range=2*L, forward=(-1,-1,-1)) xaxis = curve(pos=[(0,0,0), (L,0,0)], color=(0.5,0.5,0.5)) yaxis = curve(pos=[(0,0,0), (0,L,0)], color=(0.5,0.5,0.5)) zaxis = curve(pos=[(0,0,0), (0,0,L)], color=(0.5,0.5,0.5)) Stars = [] colors = [color.red, color.green, color.blue, color.yellow, color.cyan, color.magenta] poslist = [] plist = [] mlist = [] rlist = [] for i in range(Nstars): x = L*random.gauss(0,1) y = L*random.gauss(0,1) z = L*random.gauss(0,1) d=sqrt(x**2+y**2+z**2) r = Rsun Stars = Stars+[sphere(pos=(x,y,z), radius=r, color=colors[i % 6])] Stars[-1].trail = curve(pos=[Stars[-1].pos], color=colors[i % 6], radius=Rtrail) mass = Msun px = mass*vsun*(-1+2*random.random())*(1-d/(1.7*L)) py = mass*vsun*(-1+2*random.random())*(1-d/(1.7*L)) pz = mass*vsun*(-1+2*random.random())*(1-d/(1.7*L)) poslist.append((x,y,z)) plist.append((px,py,pz)) mlist.append(mass) rlist.append(r) pos = array(poslist) p = array(plist) m = array(mlist) m.shape = (Nstars,1) # Numeric Python: (1 by Nstars) vs. (Nstars by 1) radius = array(rlist) vcm = sum(p)/sum(m) # velocity of center of mass p = p-m*vcm # make total initial momentum equal zero t = 0.0 dt = 10000.0 Nsteps = 0 pos = pos+(p/m)*(dt/2.) # initial half-step time = clock() Nhits = 0 autoscale=0 autocenter=0 while 1: # Compute all forces on all stars r = pos-pos[:,NewAxis] # all pairs of star-to-star vectors for n in range(Nstars): r[n,n] = 1e6 # otherwise the self-forces are infinite rmag = sqrt(add.reduce(r*r,-1)) # star-to-star scalar distances # hit = less_equal(rmag,radius+radius[:,NewAxis])-identity(Nstars) # hitlist = sort(nonzero(hit.flat)) # 1,2 encoded as 1*Nstars+2 hitlist=[] F = G*m*m[:,NewAxis]*r/rmag[:,:,NewAxis]**3 # all force pairs for n in range(Nstars): F[n,n] = 0 # no self-forces p = p+sum(F,1)*dt # Having updated all momenta, now update all positions pos = pos+(p/m)*dt # Update positions of display objects; add trail for i in range(Nstars): Stars[i].pos = pos[i] # if Nsteps % 10 == 0: # Stars[i].trail.append(pos=pos[i]) # If any collisions took place, merge those stars for ij in hitlist: i, j = divmod(ij,Nstars) # decode star pair if not Stars[i].visible: continue if not Stars[j].visible: continue # m[i] is a one-element list, e.g. [6e30] # m[i,0] is an ordinary number, e.g. 6e30 newpos = (pos[i]*m[i,0]+pos[j]*m[j,0])/(m[i,0]+m[j,0]) newmass = m[i,0]+m[j,0] newp = p[i]+p[j] newradius = Rsun*((newmass/Msun)**(1./3.)) iset, jset = i, j if radius[j] > radius[i]: iset, jset = j, i Stars[iset].radius = newradius m[iset,0] = newmass pos[iset] = newpos p[iset] = newp Stars[jset].trail.visible = 0 Stars[jset].visible = 0 p[jset] = vector(0,0,0) m[jset,0] = Msun*1E-30 # give it a tiny mass Nhits = Nhits+1 pos[jset] = (10.*L*Nhits, 0, 0) # put it far away if Nsteps == 100: print '%3.1f seconds for %d steps with %d stars' % (clock()-time, Nsteps, Nstars) Nsteps = Nsteps+1 t = t+dt rate(100)