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Numerical Experiments on the N-Body Problem

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

S. J. Aarseth
S. J. Aarseth*
Affiliation:
Institute of Theoretical Astronomy, Cambridge, England

Abstract

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This review first discusses the different types of numerical methods available for integrating the equations of motion of N-body systems. It is desirable to supplement ordinary integration schemes with special treatments of close encounters using a two-body perturbation description or introducing regularizing transformations of the co-ordinates and time. Direct methods are at present limited to the study of a few hundred particles but larger systems may be investigated using Monte Carlo techniques or the Boltzmann moment equations.

N-body computations have been performed for a whole range of initial conditions and the general results are summarized. Numerical investigations have already clarified a number of important aspects of cluster evolution and the qualitative behaviour of small stellar systems is now quite well understood. Recent theoretical modifications have reduced the disagreement with experiments but further improvements are still needed.

Type
Research Article
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 10: Gravitational N-Body Problem , November 1971 , pp. 20 - 34
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1971

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