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Galactic Dynamics and N-Body Simulations

By D. Lynden-Bell (auth.) , G. Contopoulos , N. K. Spyrou , L. Vlahos (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Year
1994
ISBN
3540579834, 9783540579830, 0387579834
DOI
10.1007/3-540-57983-4
LCC
QB856 .A88 1993
Open Library ID
OL1097329M
Language
english
Format
DJVU
Filesize
3 MB (3333149 bytes)
Series
Lecture Notes in Physics 433
Edition
1
Pages
427\427
Topic
Physics
Library
Kolxo3
DPI
300
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11
Geophysics/Geodesy; Extraterrestrial PhysicsInformation and Physics; Quantum PhysicsSpace Sciences; Mathematical Methods in Physics; N

Description

This book provides an in-depth coverage of modern research on dynamical systems. The first part discusses stellar dynamics, integrable systems, the transition to chaos and instabilities in stellar dynamics as well as the dynamics of spiral galaxies. Models are given and compared with observations. The second part is devoted to the direct method of N-body simulations, to gas dynamics simulations and to galaxy formation. Special care is taken to give to a pedagogical presentation of the material which makes this a unique text well suited for graduate courses in astrophysics.

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