Interactive Insights: Visual Thinking in (Plasma) Astrophysics

This is a growing collection of interactive web tools to explore and teach key ideas in plasma and astrophysics. Developed to support curiosity, collaboration, and intuition building. Please share your feedback and ideas for existing and new apps!

Dynamics of Compact Binaries

Companion Rotation

Visualize the differential rotation of binary stars in various reference frames.

Companion Orbits

Visualize the orbital dynamics of binary stars in various reference frames.

Accretion Dynamics

Thin Disk

Visualization of an isothermal thin disk equilibrium.

Roche Potential

The Roche potential in binary systems.