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Particle-based sampling of N-body simulations
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Particle-based sampling of N-body simulations

N. T Faber, D Stibbe, S. Portegies Zwart, S. L. W McMillan and C. M Boily
Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, v 401(3), pp 1898-1903
Sep 2011
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https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2009.15775.xView
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Abstract

stars: kinematics methods: numerical body simulations methods
This paper introduces a novel approach for sampling the orbits of an N-body simulation. The gist of the method is to exploit individual phase-space coordinates acquired during integration of the equations of motion. This technique, which we dub 'particle-based sampling scheme', is tailor-made for resolving rapid time-variation of coordinates when needed. The PBaSS requires less disk space (by factors of 10 or more) to retrieve orbits at a chosen accuracy than those reconstructed using the classic snapshot approach. Furthermore, the PBaSS also allows a reconstruction of the system at any time-resolution not smaller than the smallest integration time-step in a post-simulation treatment, thus avoiding costly simulation reruns.

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