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Accretion Disk Temperature Gradient (2D)

Interactive 2D accretion disk: the real Shakura-Sunyaev thin-disk temperature profile T(r) ∝ r^-0.75 rendered as an exact blackbody color gradient, with central-mass and accretion-rate sliders shifting the whole profile via T ∝ (Ṁ·M)^0.25 alongside a live radial temperature-vs-radius graph.

Space & Astronomy2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version
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A purely 2D companion to the 3D accretion-disk temperature-gradient scene: instead of an orbiting particle field, this model computes the real Shakura-Sunyaev thin-disk temperature profile T(r) ∝ r^-0.75 directly and renders it two ways at once — as an exact blackbody color-temperature ring on the left, and as a live T(r)-versus-radius graph on the right. Central-mass and accretion-rate sliders shift the whole profile together through the real T ∝ (Ṁ·M)^0.25 scaling law, so you can watch a stellar-mass, high-accretion disk run white-hot at every radius while a supermassive, low-accretion disk stays a cool, faint red — the same shape, a different overall temperature scale.

⚙ Under the hood

2D companion to the 3D accretion disk temperature-color scene: the real Shakura-Sunyaev thin-disk profile T(r) ∝ r^-0.75 is rendered as an exact blackbody color gradient ring alongside a live temperature-vs-radius graph, with central-mass and accretion-rate sliders shifting the whole profile together via T ∝ (Ṁ·M)^0.25 scaling.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install

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