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MODEST Working Group 3:
Stellar Dynamics
Dynamics of (globular) star clusters, galaxies and galactic nuclei; galaxies in
the young universe. Study of the effects of rotation, mass segregation,
primordial binaries and central massive objects on the evolution of dense
stellar systems. Using Direct N-body Simulations, anisotropic gaseous models,
direct solutions of the Fokker-Planck equation and Monte Carlo methods to
simulate numerically the effects of stellar evolution, a realistic mass spectrum,
galactic tidal fields on the evolution of dense young or globular star clusters.
The reader interested in the physical and numerical foundations of our
methods and codes (including downloads) follow
this link down the page.
Recent Books and Book Projects directly relevant for this Working Group
(see also
more generally
WG8 Literature):
The Gravitational Million-Body Problem: by Douglas Heggie & Piet Hut.
Gravitational N-Body Simulations: by Sverre Aarseth.
The Art of Computational Science:
a series of books centered around N-body simulations, by Piet Hut & Jun Makino.
Interdisciplinary Larger Project Schemes of Interest for our Community:
Scientific
Computing on Parallel Computers - an Integrated Project
AstroComp -
a web portal for high performance computing on a grid of supercomputers.
Methods:
N-Body, see:
S. Aarseth's Home Page Infos and his
ftp sample codes
R. Spurzem's Home Page Infos and his
NBODY6++ Download Site
Kira / Starlab
Monte Carlo a general overview (by M. Freitag) NEW!
The gaseous model
(thanks to Pau Amaro Seoane
(pau@aei.mpg.de) for preparing these webpages)
Direct Fokker-Planck
On 2D Models
of rotating star clusters
On 1D and 2D models of spherical star clusters by H. Cohn, H.M. Lee, K.
Takahashi and collaborators
(links and
references yet to be included)
Last Update:
2004-08-13