The gravitational million-body problem:

The globular star clusters of the Milky Way contain hundreds of thousands of stars held together by gravitational interactions, and date from the time when the Milky Way was forming. This 2003 text describes the theory astronomers need for studying globular star clusters. The gravitational million-b...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Heggie, D. C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2003
Subjects:
Online Access:BSB01
FHN01
Volltext
Summary:The globular star clusters of the Milky Way contain hundreds of thousands of stars held together by gravitational interactions, and date from the time when the Milky Way was forming. This 2003 text describes the theory astronomers need for studying globular star clusters. The gravitational million-body problem is an idealised model for understanding the dynamics of a cluster with a million stars. After introducing the million-body problem from various view-points, the book systematically develops the tools needed for studying the million-body problems in nature, and introduces the most important theoretical models. Including a comprehensive treatment of few-body interactions, and developing an intuitive but quantitative understanding of the three-body problem, the book introduces numerical methods, relevant software, and current problems. Suitable for graduate students and researchers in astrophysics and astronomy, this text also has important applications in the fields of theoretical physics, computational science and mathematics
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiv, 357 pages)
ISBN:9781139164535
DOI:10.1017/CBO9781139164535

There is no print copy available.

Interlibrary loan Place Request Caution: Not in THWS collection! Get full text