Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- PART I INTRODUCTIONS
- 1 Astrophysics Introduction
- 2 Theoretical Physics Introduction
- 3 Computational Physics Introduction
- 4 Mathematical Introduction
- PART II THE CONTINUUM LIMIT: N → ∞
- PART III MEAN FIELD DYNAMICS: N = 106
- PART IV MICROPHYSICS: N = 2
- PART V GRAVOTHERMODYNAMICS: N = 106
- PART VI GRAVITATIONAL SCATTERING: N = 3
- PART VII PRIMORDIAL BINARIES: N = 4
- PART VIII POST-COLLAPSE EVOLUTION: N = 106
- PART IX STAR CLUSTER ECOLOGY
- Appendix A A Simple N-Body Integrator
- Appendix B Hints to Solution of Problems
- References
- Index
1 - Astrophysics Introduction
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- PART I INTRODUCTIONS
- 1 Astrophysics Introduction
- 2 Theoretical Physics Introduction
- 3 Computational Physics Introduction
- 4 Mathematical Introduction
- PART II THE CONTINUUM LIMIT: N → ∞
- PART III MEAN FIELD DYNAMICS: N = 106
- PART IV MICROPHYSICS: N = 2
- PART V GRAVOTHERMODYNAMICS: N = 106
- PART VI GRAVITATIONAL SCATTERING: N = 3
- PART VII PRIMORDIAL BINARIES: N = 4
- PART VIII POST-COLLAPSE EVOLUTION: N = 106
- PART IX STAR CLUSTER ECOLOGY
- Appendix A A Simple N-Body Integrator
- Appendix B Hints to Solution of Problems
- References
- Index
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- The Gravitational Million–Body ProblemA Multidisciplinary Approach to Star Cluster Dynamics, pp. 3 - 13Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2003