Conference proceeding
Numerical dynamics: An overview and a vision
NEW HORIZONS IN GLOBULAR CLUSTER ASTRONOMY, Vol.296, pp.53-60
ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC CONFERENCE SERIES
01 Jan 2003
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Abstract
The past few years have seen dramatic improvements in the scope and realism of star cluster simulations. Accurate treatments of stellar evolution and robust descriptions of all phases of binary evolution have been incorporated self-consistently into several independent dynamical codes, allowing for the first time detailed study of the interplay between stellar dynamics, stellar physics, and the cluster's interaction with the Galactic tidal field. Numerical techniques are nearing the point where truly realistic long-term simulations of globular cluster evolution can at last be performed. I discuss the relative strengths and weaknesses of the various, approaches currently in use, and consider the next generation of technical challenges facing us as we move toward Hubble-timescale simulations of cluster dynamics.
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- Title
- Numerical dynamics: An overview and a vision
- Creators
- S McMillan
- Contributors
- G Piotto (Editor)G Meylan (Editor)S G Djougovski (Editor)M Riello (Editor)
- Publication Details
- NEW HORIZONS IN GLOBULAR CLUSTER ASTRONOMY, Vol.296, pp.53-60
- Series
- ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC CONFERENCE SERIES
- Publisher
- Astronomical Soc Pacific
- Number of pages
- 8
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Identifiers
- 991019170507004721
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