gravitational n body simulations

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1、ThispageintentionallyleftblankGravitationalN-BodySimulationsThisbookdiscussesindetailalltherelevantnumericalmethodsfortheclassicalN-bodyproblem.Itdemonstrateshowtodevelopclearandelegantalgorithmsformodelsofgravitationalsystemsandexplainsthefundamentalmethematicalt

2、oolsneededtodescribethedynamicsofalargenumberofmutuallyattractiveparticles.Particularattentionisgiventothetechniquesneededtomodelastrophysicalphenomenasuchascloseencountersandthedynamicsofblack-holebinaries.Theauthorreviewsrelevantworkinthefieldandcoversapplication

3、stotheproblemsofplanetaryformationandstar-clusterdynamics,bothofPleiades-typeandglobularclusters.Self-containedandpedagogical,thisbookissuitableforgraduatestudentsandre-searchersintheoreticalphysics,astronomyandcosmology.sverreaarsethreceivedhisB.Sc.fromtheUnivers

4、ityofOsloin1959andhisPh.D.fromtheUniversityofCambridgein1963.AfterafewyearsasresearchassistanttoProfessorF.Hoyle,hejoinedthenewlycreatedInstituteofTheoreticalAstronomyin1967(whichthenbecametheInstituteofAstronomyin1972).HisentirecareerhasbeenspentatthisInstituteas

5、apost-doctoralresearchfellow,givinghimcompletefreedomtodevotehimselfexclusivelytoallaspectsofthemodernN-bodyproblem.ThestimulatingCambridgeenvironmenthasbeenidealforestablishingcollaborationswithvisitingastronomers.DrAarsethhasdevelopedauniquesetofcodesthatinclude

6、thelatesttechniques,andarenowpubliclyavailable.Thesecodesaresuitableforlaptopsandworkstationsaswellasforthemostpowerfulspecial-purposecomputers.CAMBRIDGEMONOGRAPHSONMATHEMATICALPHYSICSGeneraleditors:P.V.Landshoff,D.R.Nelson,S.WeinbergS.J.AarsethGravitationalN-BodyS

7、imulationsJ.Ambjo/rn,B.DurhuusandT.JonssonQuantumGeometry:AStatisticalFieldTheoryApproachA.M.AnileRelativisticFluidsandMagneto-FluidsJ.A.deAzc´arrageandJ.M.IzquierdoLieGroups,LieAlgebras,CohomologyandSome†ApplicationsinPhysicsO.Babelon,D.BernardandM.TalonIntroduct

8、iontoClassicalintegralSystemsV.BelinkskiandE.VerdaguerGravitationalSolitonsJ.BernsteinKineticTheoryintheEarlyUniverseG.F.BertschandR.A.BrogliaOscillatio