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  2. Ray tracing (physics) - Wikipedia

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    Ray tracing of a beam of light passing through a medium with changing refractive index.The ray is advanced by a small amount, and then the direction is re-calculated. Ray tracing works by assuming that the particle or wave can be modeled as a large number of very narrow beams (), and that there exists some distance, possibly very small, over which such a ray is locally straight.

  3. Ray (optics) - Wikipedia

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    When discussing ray tracing this definition is often reversed: a "paraxial ray" is then a ray that is modeled using the paraxial approximation, not necessarily a ray that remains close to the axis. [11] [12] A finite ray or real ray is a ray that is traced without making the paraxial approximation. [12] [13]

  4. Ray tracing (graphics) - Wikipedia

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    This recursive ray tracing of reflective colored spheres on a white surface demonstrates the effects of shallow depth of field, "area" light sources, and diffuse interreflection. (c. 2008) In 3D computer graphics, ray tracing is a technique for modeling light transport for use in a wide variety of rendering algorithms for generating digital images.

  5. Ray tracing explained: The future of hyper-realistic graphics

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    Ray tracing has long been gaming's holy grail. A method of creating hyper-realistic lighting and graphics, for years ray tracing has been promised as the technology that will take games the next ...

  6. Radioactive tracer - Wikipedia

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    For example, the isotopes of hydrogen can be written as 1 H, 2 H and 3 H, with the mass number superscripted to the left. When the atomic nucleus of an isotope is unstable, compounds containing this isotope are radioactive. Tritium is an example of a radioactive isotope.

  7. Caustic (optics) - Wikipedia

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    Caustics are formed in the regions where sufficient photons strike a surface causing it to be brighter than the average area in the scene. “Backward ray tracing” works in the reverse manner beginning at the surface and determining if there is a direct path to the light source. [7] Some examples of 3D ray-traced caustics can be found here.

  8. Light transport theory - Wikipedia

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    While wave-based models rely on the principles of Maxwell's equations, particle models use ray optics and Monte Carlo methods to simulate light paths. Monte Carlo Ray Tracing: A stochastic method used in light transport simulations to compute global illumination. This method leverages randomness to estimate solutions to the rendering equation ...

  9. Electromagnetic radiation - Wikipedia

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    These are capable of the most severe types of molecular damage, which can happen in biology to any type of biomolecule, including mutation and cancer, and often at great depths below the skin, since the higher end of the X-ray spectrum, and all of the gamma ray spectrum, penetrate matter.